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An enclosed courtyard.

 

A canopy over the highest place on the top table in dining.

 

An embroidered cover for a bench or chair.

A projecting outwork designed to protect a gateway.

 

Originally (in the 14th century) refers to a dog. By the late 15th century it begins to refer to a noisy person.

 

Part of the defenses of a castle standing proud from the wall and giving a good field of coverage for defenders.

 

A collective term referring to the defensive structure on walls, towers, and buildings of fortified structures such as castles, inclusive of whatever combination of parapets, crenellations, and/or machicolations existed.

 

A wooden siege tower, for protecting troops as they scale walls. The current sense of being associated with bell towers started in the 1700s.

 

A piece of plate armor protecting the chin and neck designed to operate with a helmet and/or its visor.

 

The former being an curved blade on a stick arboreal tool, when made larger or affixed to a longer pole it was commonly used by English commoners as military weapons. Eventually the billhook took on a life of its own as an iconic weapon and was made purpose built for war with additional hooks, spear points, and spikes.

 

A type of arrowhead which is round or diamond shaped and sharply pointed with the intent of puncturing and penetrating plate and mail armor.

 

A special book containing the prayers for each hour of the day.

 

An English peasant who holds no land save for a cottage and messuage. Similar to Cottager and Cotter.

 

A piece of plate armor in one solid or sometimes three segments which covers the upper chest from collar bone to the diaphragm.

 

A small shield, commonly made of metal or a combination of metal and leather, held in a center grip and typically used in conjunction with a short or arming sword.

 

[14th c.] An earthen berm style archery set up, a mound of earth on which a target was placed to work as a stop for the arrows.

 

[14th c.] A barrel or cask for wine, ale, or liquor. Eventually developed into an official measurement of 108 - 140 gallons, roughly two hogsheads.

 

[14th c.] "The thick end" of something.

 

[14th c.] To strike something against something else.

 

A storage space for, primarily liquor, and other liquid provisions. Developed from the Old French word boterie and the storage container barrel called a butt.