Faulds (plate armour)

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Breastplate with faulds attached below
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Breastplate with faulds attached below

Faulds are a piece of plate armor worn below a breastplate to protect the waist and hips. They take the form of bands of metal surrounding both legs, potentially surrounding the entire hips in a form similar to a skirt.

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Plate armour

Breastplate  | Couter  | Cuisses  | Faulds  | Gorget  | Greave  | Pauldron  | Poleyn  | Sabaton  | Spaulders  | Tassets  | Vambrace  |

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