Faulds (plate armour)

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Breastplate with faulds attached below
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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Elements of Medieval armour
 Arms 

Couter | Gauntlet | Pauldrons | Rerebrace | Spaulders | Vambrace

 Head and neck 

Aventail  | Bevor  | Gorget

 Legs 

Chausses  | Greaves  | Poleyns  | Sabatons  | Tassets

 Torso 

Cuirass | Faulds | Hauberk