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torse

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a colorful cloth worn around the crown of the helmet, from which the mantling was attached (used from the 13th century through the 15th, torses and mantling helped to identify knights in war and provided a colorful expressive tool for tournaments and pageants of the 15th century)

 

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abbasi
abbey
abbot abbess
aclys
adarga
adze
ailette
aketon
alamani
ama-goi-ken
amice
ancus
anelace
angolan battle...apostate
arbalest
arcane
argent
arit sickle
armet
arming cap
arming doublet
artillator
aventail
ay-baita axe

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