spaulders
Spaulders are armored plates worn upon the arm in a suit of plate armour for protection of the upper arm and shoulder area. Developed in the Middle Ages, spaulders continued to be worn well into the Renaissance, and are even crafted today for museums or simulated combat.
True spaulders will not cover the arm holes when worn with a cuirass. A larger piece of armour that does is known as a pauldron. Alternatively, the gaps may be covered by besagews or simply left bare, exposing the mail beneath.
The Iraq War saw the introduction of a modern day version of the spaulder, in the form of the "Deltoid Axillary Protector" add-on to the Interceptor body armor worn by US soldiers.
External links
- Arador Armour Library guide to creating replica spaulders
| Components of medieval armour | ||
|---|---|---|
| Head | Armet · Barbute ·
Bassinet · Burgonet · Cervelliere · Close
helm · Great helm · Mail coif ·
Sallet Visor · Falling buffe · Nossel |
 |
| Neck | Aventail · Bevor · Gorget | |
| Torso | Cuirass · Culet · Fauld · Hauberk · Pixane · Codpiece | |
| Arms | Ailette · Besagew · Couter · Gauntlet · Pauldron · Rerebrace · Spaulder · Vambrace | |
| Legs | Chausses · Cuisses · Greave · Poleyn · Sabaton · Schynbald · Tasset | |
| Component pieces | Gousset · Lamé · Rondel | |
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