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Re: Novice Castle Question
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Wed, 19 Apr 2000 18:17:30 GMT
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Is there a glossary of medieval terminology somewhere? The knowledge of
some of you in these discussions (that farrier vs. ferrier one comes to mind
as well) amazes me. :)
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Paul Davidson
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Jeff Johnston <sakura@mediaone.net> wrote in message
news:Ft9q6C.HIE@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.castle, James Howse writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Scott Arthur writes:
> > > Novice Castle Question:
> > > In the castle sets, what is the proper name for the hood and apron the
> > > horses wear?
> >
> > Caprison? or is that something else?
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> I usually call it "barding" which is sort of a generic term for horse
> armor.
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> It could be a 'caparison' which is an ornamental horse-covering. In fact,
> that's probably a better word for it since it doesn't seem particularly
> armored.
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> The dragon-headed "horse helmet" is a chamfron.
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> > Whilst we're at it whats a gambleson?
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> A 'gambeson' is like a quilted and padded tunic. I think it was usually
> used underneath other armor (like mail) to provide padding.
>
>
> J
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| (...) I'm sure there is, somewhere. (An SCA website perhaps?) Mine just comes from reading. A *lot*. 8) On the other hand. www.dictionary.com has been fairly complete when I've used it - I did it for the quoted post, in fact, to sanity-check what I (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I usually call it "barding" which is sort of a generic term for horse armor. It could be a 'caparison' which is an ornamental horse-covering. In fact, that's probably a better word for it since it doesn't seem particularly armored. The (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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