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
8. armor
9. [armor by form]
10. body armor
11. [body armor for lower extremities]

Narrower term/s

• closed greaves
• schynbalds

Anotations

Scope note:

Plate armor for the lower legs, consisting of one contoured plate or two hinged together. Rare in Asia, they were worn in ancient Greece and Rome, and in the rest of Europe from the late 13th to the 17th century.