Medieval Setting Name List

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I've decided to compile a list of names of items, places, etc. that you can use for a medieval setting. You can use these to take the bland "short swords" from your game, and replace them with more exotic sounding names.

**ARMOR**
Body Armor

* Breastplate (plate)
* Hauberk (mail)
* Cuirass (plate)
* Corselet (plate)
* Jazerant (plate)
* Segmentata (plate)
* Jerkin (leather)
* Brigandine (plate)

Helmets

* Coif (leather or mail)
* Cabasset (open helmet)
* Morion (open helmet)
* Sallet (full helmet w/visor)
* Barbut (full helmet)
* Basinet (full helmet w/visor)
* Armet (full helmet w/visor)
* Burgonet (open helmet w/cheek guards)
* Cervelière (full helmet)
* Spangenhelm (open helmet w/cheek guards)

Leg Armor

* Cuisse (thigh guard)
* Poleyn (knee guard)
* Greave (shin guard)
* Sabaton (foot guard)
* Jambeau (shin guard)
* Chausses (mail leggings)
* Schynbald (shin guard)
* Solleret (foot guard)

Arm/Shoulder Armor

* Pauldron (shoulder guard)
* Spaulder (shoulder guard)
* Haute-Piece (elevated shoulder guard)
* Vambrace (arm guard)
* Couter (elbow guard)
* Gauntlet (hand guard)

Other Armor

* Fauld (waist; mail under-armor)
* Tasset (hip; plate)
* Gorget (neck; metal)
* Beaver (throat/face; metal)

Shields

* Buckler (circle; small; metal)
* Targe or Target (circle)
* Pelta (oval)
* Heater Shield (triangle)
* Kite Shield (triangle)
* Tower Shield (any shape; very tall)
* Pavise (huge & bulky; full body protection)

Also of note, I found, is the word Lamé, meaning a band or strip. The adjective form of this is lamellar. It's possible to have a lamellar form of almost any armor above. Also, armor can be "fluted", or decorated with grooves.

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**Weapons**
Polearms

* Glaive (knife blade)
* Guisarme (hook)
* Voulge ("cleaver" blade)
* Partisan (spear & two side blades)
* Fauchard (sickle)
* Corcesca (sword blade & two hooks)
* Halberd (axe blade, spear tip & hook)
* Ranseur (spear w/hilt)
* Bill (combination of any two others)
* Spetum (spear & two spikes)
* Bardiche (BIG axe blade)

Daggers

* Kris (waveblade; double-edged)
* Dirk (double-edged)
* Sai (has a hilt; piercing)
* Poignard (single-edged)
* Stiletto (single-edged)
* Kukri or Khukuri (curved; single-edged)
* Shiv (piercing)
* Scramasax (single-edged)

Swords

* Shotel (Curved blade; short)
* Scimitar (Curved blade; medium)
* Falchion (Single edge; short)
* Cutlass (Curved blade; medium)
* Sabre (Thin, curved blade; medium)
* Claymore (Two handed sword)
* Flamberge (Wave-blade; long) NOT AN ACTUAL WORD (Flammard or Flambard is proper, though Flamberge is popularly accepted)
* Schiavona (Wide, basket-hilted sword)
* Cinquedea (Short, wide blade)
* Zweihänder (Two handed sword)
* Falcata (Inverse-curved sword; short)
* Falx (Inverse-curved sword; short)
* Kopis (Slightly inversely-curved sword; short)
* Spatha (Short, wide blade)
* Rapier (Long, thin, parrying blade)
* Firangi (Long, straight blade)
* Kora (Heavily curved sword; medium)
* Khopesh (Heavily curved sword; short)
* Shamshir (Curved blade; medium)

Bows
**With bows, the standard types are longbows and shortbows, but can be modified. So, you might see a reflex longbow, or a composite recurved shortbow.**

* Longbow (long range)
* Shortbow (short range)
* Composite Bow (multiple layers; more durable)
* Recurved (curve-away tips; more power; less durable)
* Reflex (curve-away arms; more power; less durable)
* Decurved (curve-toward tips; less power; more durable)
* Deflex (curve-toward arms; less power; more durable)

Crossbow

* Arbalest (big crossbow)
* Ballista (spring-loaded bolt launcher)  TECHNICALLY NOT A CROSSBOW
* Gastraphetes (handheld crossbow)
* Cranequin (cranked crossbow)
* Windlass (big, cranked crossbow)
* Oxybeles (large artillery crossbow)

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**If you have a name to add to the list, or want to help out with this, post or PM me.**