Editing WS:Armour (section)

===Armour Material Descriptions:===

'''Bezanted''': Cloth or leather sewn or rivetted with small, non-overlapping metal plates.

'''Brigandine''': Also called &#147;coat of plates,&#148; this armour is made of shaped pieces of metal rivetted onto leather.

'''Cuirbouilli''': Leather hardened by boiling it in wax.

'''Lamellar''': A more advanced form of scale armour, in which the scales are longer, interlaced, and not sewn to a fabric.

'''Leather''': Tanned and prepared animal skin.

'''Mail''': A fabric of interwoven metal rings. One wears mail over a padded garment. The term ''maille'' is Middle French, brought into English in the 14th century (Hundred Years' War). The term ''chain mail'' is probably anachronistic, and at least redundant.

'''Plate''': Armour made of shaped metal pieces, not attached to any backing. It is still assumed to be worn over a padded garment.

'''Ring''': An earlier, or simply cheaper, form of mail, in which the links are larger and sewn onto a leather backing.

'''Scale''': Armour made from overlapping scales sewn onto cloth or leather.