Sabaton

A sabaton or solleret is part of a knight's armour that covers the foot.[1] Fifteenth century sabatons typically end in a tapered point well past the actual toes of the wearer's foot. Sabatons of the first half of sixteenth century end at the tip of the toe and may be wider than the actual foot.

Princes and dukes were allowed to have toes of gothic sabatons 2.5 feet (0.76 m) long, lords (barons and higher) 2 feet long and gentry only 1-foot (0.30 m) long[2].

References

  1. ^ "Sabaton". The Free Dictionary. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sabaton. Retrieved 2010-01-03. 
  2. ^ Fred & Liliane Funcken Le Constume, l'Armure et les Armes au Temps de la Chevalerie, "2: Le Siecle De La Renaissance (2)" ISBN 2-203-14319-3