Rain-guard
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rain-guard-298-1247205
title:
Rain-guard
text:
A rain-guard or chappe is a piece of leather fitted to the crossguard of European swords of the later medieval period. The purpose of this leather is not entirely clear, but it seems to have originated as a part of the scabbard, functioning as a lid when the sword was in the scabbard. The rain-guard presumably originated in the 13th century but did not become universal until the 14th. Oakeshott (1960) is aware of one preserved specimen of c. 1250. The feature was ubiquitous throughout the 15th c
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain-guard
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2023-07-26T14:45:11Z
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