knight

A medieval soldier who wears full plate armor and who traditionally fights as cavalry on horseback. Knights were usually of noble birth and were granted the rank of knighthood after an apprenticeship as a squire. They served their lords as elite warriors and in exchange were granted lands and were bound by the code of chivalry.

Examples

Knight armor

Related tags

Armor

Head

• helmet - head
• bevor - chin/throat guard
• aventail - chainmail neck guard
• gorget - plate neck guard

Torso

• breastplate - chest
• cuirass - chest and back
• plackart - stomach
• faulds - waist and hips
• surcoat - outer coat

Arms

• pauldrons - shoulders
• rerebrace - upper arms
• couter - elbows
• rondel - armpit/elbow joints
• vambraces - forearms
• gauntlets - hands

Legs

• cuisses - thighs
• tassets - thighs
• poleyn - kneecaps
• greaves - shins
• sabaton - feet

See also

• dark knight
• jousting
• knight (chess)
• dragoon
• soldier
• paladin
• warrior
• Tag group:Jobs

External links

• Wikipedia: Knight