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A lame is a solid piece of sheet metal used as a component of a larger section of plate armor used in Europe during the medieval period. It is used in armors to provide articulations or the joining of the armor elements. The size is usually small with a narrow and rectangular shape.
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Lame (armor) A lame is a solid piece of sheet metal used as a component of a larger section of plate armor used in Europe during the medieval period. [1] It is used in armors to provide articulations or the joining of the armor elements. [2] [3] The size is usually small with a narrow and rectangular shape. [3]
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Lamellar armour consists of hundreds of small rectangular iron, leather (rawhide), or bronze plates (scales or lamellae) which are pierced in various locations and laced together into horizontal rows to the proper length needed to construct a particular armour item. When the lamellae are made of leather they can be hardened by a process such as cui...
Lamellar armour was often worn as augmentation to existing armour, such as over a mail hauberk. The lamellar cuirass was especially popular with the Rus, as well as Mongols, Turks, Avars, and other steppe peoples, as it was simple to create and maintain.[citation needed] Lamellar is pictured in many historical sources on Byzantine warriors, especia...
Lamellar armour reached Japan around the 5th century. The pre-samurai Japanese lamellar armour was called keiko. These early Japanese lamellar armours took the form of a sleeveless jacket and a helmet. The middle of the Heian period was when Japanese lamellar armour started to take the shape that would be associated with samurai armour. By the late...
Lamellar armour is a type of body armour, made from small rectangular plates (scales or lamellae) of iron or steel, leather , bone, or bronze laced into horizontal rows. Lamellar armour was used over a wide range of time periods in Central Asia , Eastern Asia (especially in China , Japan , Mongolia , and Tibet ), Western Asia , and Eastern Europe .
A lame is a solid piece of sheet metal used as a component of a larger section of plate armor. Multiple lames are riveted together or connected by leather straps or cloth lacing to form an articulated piece of armor that provides flexible protection. The armor worn by the samurai class of feudal...
A lame is a solid piece of sheet metal used as a component of a larger section of plate armor used in Europe during the medieval period. It is used in armors to provide articulations or the joining of the armor elements. The size is usually small with a narrow and rectangular shape.
