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A Functional Cuirass and breastplate is a device worn over the torso to protect it from injury. All of our functional Cuirasses and breastplate, you can choose which type of steel you would like it made from. A long, loose outer garment worn on the shoulders over clothes or armor by both sexes, typically to protect against weather if not for formality.
Spaulders are pieces of armour in a harness of plate armour, they are steel covering the shoulder with bands (lames) joined by straps of leather or rivets.
Extra material, typically in the shape of a triangle, sewn into a pre-existing garment to enlarge an area of it, an example being in the armpits of shirts. This technique was commonly used to add chainmail to the armpits of gambesons, although those were called “voiders”. Around 1400, these early breastplates only covered the upper torso with the lower torso not being protected by plate until the development of the Fauld (Faulds) are a piece of plate armour worn below a breastplate to protect the waist and hips. They take the form of bands of metal surrounding both legs, potentially surrounding the entire hips in a form similar to a skirt.
In contrast, the dress is a more general term that can refer to a wide variety of garments worn by women throughout history. Unlike kirtles, dresses often have a more complex construction and may include features such as sleeves, collars, and elaborate embellishments. Dresses are usually made from more luxurious fabrics such as silk, satin, or velvet and are typically worn as outer garments for formal occasions. The elaborate formal dress of royalty or high status ceremony, appearing differently across cultures. Also, the symbolical paraphernalia of a sovereign: a crown and scepter. A decorative band for the wrist, either attached to a garment like a cuff or separate. Also, a wrist-band supplying a functional application, as in hawking for instance, or a leather wristlet in a gauntlet.
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Around 1000 AD knights of the period were wearing mail in the form of a hauberk over a padded tunic. House-linen; household linen in general, applicable to clothing if linen clothes were cleaned with bed-linens by a laundress for example. The usage of a lance rest can be more readily gleaned by looking at the French term "arrêt", or "arrest". The lance rest was not used to simply hold the weight of the lance, as the English name might suggest, but to arrest the rearward movement of the weapon. A circlet or coronal of either flowers, leaves, gold or precious stones. Also, a garland or wreath for the head.