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the armored skirt that guarded a knight's hips so he could ride without splitting in two
means A fauld is a series of overlapping metal plates attached below the breastplate of a suit of armor to protect the waist, hips, and lower abdomen.
from From the Scots and Middle English word for a fold or pleat — the same 'fold' that survives in everyday English. The name fits: the fauld was built from folded, overlapping lames of steel, layered like the pleats of a skirt so the wearer could bend and twist in the saddle.
- the job
- hinged hoops protecting the lower torso and groin
- the name
- from old French for fold or pleat
- the build
- overlapping metal lames riveted for flexible movement
- the partner
- often paired with tassets covering the thighs
- hidden village
- shares its name with England's deadliest WWII explosion
henry viii's faulds — royal armouries, leeds - fluted steel armor skirts worn by english king in 16th century
maximilian faulds — metropolitan museum of art - fluted wavy-edged faulds characteristic of holy roman emperor armor, circa 1485