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    The poleyn or genouillere was a component of Medieval and Renaissance armor that protected the knee. During the transition from mail armor to plate armor...
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  • Sabine Poleyn (born 27 November 1973) is a Flemish politician for the Christian Democratic and Flemish party. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, Poleyn studied...
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    defenses that continued from the lower edge of the breastplate down to the poleyn. Media related to Tassets at Wikimedia Commons Cleveland Museum of Art glossary...
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    Anachronism, a couter/cowter is often called an elbow cop.[citation needed] Poleyn Oakeshott 1996, p. 285. Oakeshott, R. Ewart (1996) [1960]. The Archaeology...
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    should be in proper fitting according to baby knees. Elbow pad Gaiters Poleyn Shoulder pad (sport) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Knee pads. v...
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    forearm protection. A towarzysz also could wear tasset hip, cuisse thigh, and poleyn knee protection, underneath a thigh-length coat of mail or specially padded...
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    family which gave it the distinctive name of Dibden Poleyn. John Poleyn held it in 1369 and the Poleyn family was still holding it in 1413. By 1422 the manor...
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    rerebrace. Leg Chausses Mail hosen, either knee-high or covering the whole leg. Poleyn 13th Plate that covers the knee, appeared early in the transition from mail...
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  • Cuirass - dō (胴(仏胴)) 2. Fauld - kusazuri (草摺) 3. Cuisse - haidate (佩楯) 4. Poleyn - tateage (立挙) 5. Greaves - suneate (臑当(篠臑当)) 6. Sabaton - kōgake (甲懸) 7...
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    when, under the name of the manor of Kingsbury, it belonged to Baldwin Poleyn of Tebworth. Kingsbury developed little in housing and population in the...
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