Couter
Elbow armour
The couter (also spelled "cowter") is the defense for the elbow in a piece of plate armour. Initially just a curved piece of metal, as plate armor progressed the couter became an articulated joint. Couters were popular by the 1320s.[1]
In fighting reenactment groups such as the Society for Creative Anachronism, a couter/cowter is often called an elbow cop.[citation needed]
See also
- Poleyn
Citations
- ^ Oakeshott 1996, p. 285.
References
- Oakeshott, R. Ewart (1996) [1960]. The Archaeology of Weapons: Arms and Armour from Prehistory to the Age of Chivalry. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0486292885.
External links
- Armour Glossary
- v
- t
- e
- Armet
- Barbute
- Bascinet
- Burgonet
- Cervelliere
- Enclosed helmet
- Close helmet
- Great helm
- Frog mouth
- Hounskull
- Lobster tail pot
- Mail coif
- Morion
- Nasal helmet
- Sallet
- Spangenhelm
- Kettle hat
- Visor
- Falling buffe
- Gousset
- Lame
- Rondel
- Arming points