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Saddlebow - The front part of a Saxe or Scrammer Saxe - The sword
saddle which during the 12th cen- used by the Franks which had a
tury was developed in height thus single cutting edge but a very sharp
protecting the rider and assisting point.
him to resist the shock of any blows
made at him.
Scabbard - The cover for sword or
bayonet.
Saddle Tree - The wooden frame-
work of the saddle.
Scale Armoar - Refers in general
to al1 types of armour of which the
make-up is prirnarily of S~T'E~I] scale~
Salade Helmet - Somethes called
of metal.
Sallet. A popular helmet at the end
of the 15th century. Tt rested entirely
on the head and was not attacbed Scalmg Fork - A particularly long
to the body amour. There were shafted weapon with prominent
various shapes, but the later types hooks, sornetimes carried on scaling
ladders for the purpose of dragging
al1 carried a movabIe visor.
defenders from the battlementç.
Samurai - A class of Japanese pro-
fessional swordsmen who came into Schyribald - Long strips of plate
being during the 12th century. covering the iront of the chausses.
Tntroduced about 1350.
Saracenic Amour - A mixture of
mail and subsidiary pieces of plate, Scimitar - A curving sword, gener-
in some cases the plate being in- ally broader towards the point, with
serted in the mail. There was very a single cutting edge on the convex
little change in this armour between side.
the time of the Iater crusades and
when the British fought in the Sudan Scntnm - A large square, curvçd
in 1898. type of Roman shield on which they
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