Medieval Glossary

Avant Plate

The small metal plate that could be found in front of the hand on a lance. Also called a vamplate.

Related term(s): Lance; Vamplate; Graper; Rest; Knight; Cavalry
Category: Weapons
Added: 01.01.05
Source information: Wise, Terrence. Medieval Warfare. New York: Hastings House Publishers, Inc., 1976. 74.

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