Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Costume (hierarchy name)
5. costume (mode of fashion)
6. [costume by function]
7. protective wear

Additional parents:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Object Genres
4. object genres
5. object genres by function
6. accessories
7. personal accessories

Narrower term/s

• horse armor [NP][+]
  • shaffrons [+]
    • half shaffrons
  • crinets
  • tail guards
  • flanchards
  • bards
  • peytrals
  • cruppers (horse armor)
  • prosternidions
  • prometopidions
• armor components [NP][+]
  • helmet components [+]
    • aventails
    • falling buffes
    • cheekpieces
    • bevor components [+]
      • lower bevors
      • upper bevors
    • combs (armor components)
    • lifting pegs
    • plume holders
    • gorget plates
    • skulls (helmet components)
    • helmet visors [+]
      • bellows visors
      • pig-faced visors
    • arming caps
    • brow reinforces
  • vambrace components [+]
    • cowters
    • lower cannons
    • upper cannons
    • pasguards [NP]
    • Poldermittons [NP]
  • breastplate components [+]
    • lance rests
    • tilting targets
    • plackarts
  • shield components [+]
    • enarmes
    • umbos
  • double pieces [NP] [+]
    • close gauntlets [NP]
    • grandguards [NP]
    • wrappers (armor)
    • haute-pieces
    • gardbraces
    • pasguards
    • plackarts [NP]
    • Poldermittons
  • arming doublets
  • rondels (armor components) [+]
    • besagews
  • neck pieces (armor components)
• [armor by form][+]
  • body armor [+]
    • [body armor for neck and head] [+]
      • gorgets (armor)
      • grandguards
      • bevors (body armor) [+]
      • [body armor for the head] [+]
    • [body armor for lower extremities] [+]
      • cuisses [+]
      • poleyns
      • culets
      • greaves [+]
      • sabatons [+]
      • tassets
      • codpieces [NP]
      • legharnesses
      • chausses
      • tonlets
      • faulds
      • bases (skirts)
      • brekes of mail
      • sabatons
    • [body armor for torso] [+]
      • backplates (body armor)
      • breastplates (body armor) [+]
      • buff coats
      • cuirasses [+]
      • bulletproof vests
      • flak jackets
      • jacks (body armor)
      • brigandines
      • aketons
      • coat armors [+]
      • gambesons
      • yoroi
      • gipons
      • coats of mail
      • shirts of mail [+]
    • [body armor for upper extremities] [+]
      • pauldrons [+]
      • vambraces [+]
      • [body armor for hand and forearm] [+]
      • cannons (body armor) [+]
    • [temporary alphabetical list: body armor] [+]
      • armor plate (body armor)
      • heaume
      • helmet covers
      • plate gauntlet
      • plate helmets
  • shields (armor) [+]
    • bucklers
    • pavises
    • targets (shields) [+]
      • tilting targets [NP]
    • aspes
    • clipei (shields)
    • hoplite shields
    • parmae
    • peltae
    • scuta
    • shield components [NP] [+]
      • enarmes
      • umbos
    • adargas
    • rondaches
    • chimalli
    • medicine shields
  • soft armor [+]
    • buff coats [NP]
    • aketons [NP]
    • coat armors [NP] [+]
      • coats of plates
      • surcoats (coat armors) [+]
    • gambesons [NP]
    • pourpoints (soft armor)
  • armor alla romana
• [armor by function][+]
  • double pieces [+]
    • close gauntlets [NP]
    • grandguards [NP]
    • wrappers (armor)
    • haute-pieces
    • gardbraces
    • pasguards
    • plackarts [NP]
    • Poldermittons
  • pieces of exchange
• armor groupings [NP][+]
  • armors (object groupings) [+]
    • half armors [+]
      • corslets (half armor)
      • harquebus armors
    • three-quarter armors
    • [armors by function] [+]
      • garnitures (armor) [+]
      • field armors [+]
      • parade armors
      • tournament armors [+]
      • equestrian armors [NP] [+]
      • display armors
      • costume armors

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers generally to that category of costume designed to be worn or carried to protect the body in combat. Armor pieces which are always physical parts of or are affixed to other pieces and cannot function alone are collocated under the guide term "." For specifically groups of armor pieces designed as a whole to possess particular physical characteristics in order to suit a particular purpose or occasion, see "armors."