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*Casting leathers
*Casting leathers
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambeson Jack]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambeson Jack]
*[http://ruthjohnston.com/AllThingsMedieval/?p=308 Leather cyclas]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff_coat Leather cyclas]
*Leather jerkin
*Leather jerkin
*Leather shirt
*Leather shirt
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*Augmented breastplate
*Augmented breastplate
*Breastplate
*Breastplate
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuirass Coracia]
*Coracia
*Cuirass
*Cuirass
*Platemail
*Platemail

Revision as of 14:01, 1 June 2017

This is an official list of existing alternative names for armor, provided by APM Wyrom 12 Sep 2015.

Armor names

1. Clothing 2. Cloth Armor

No functional armor

  • Pretty much anything cloth or fabric based and worn on the torso
5-8 Soft Leather Armor 5. Light Leather 6. Full Leather 7. Reinforced Leather 8. Double Leather
  • Leather
  • Leathers
  • [Leather/hide/skin] armor
  • [Leather/hide/skin] hunts
  • Light leather
  • Light leathers
  • Buffcoat
  • Casting leather
  • Casting leathers
  • Jack
  • Leather cyclas
  • Leather jerkin
  • Leather shirt
  • Leather tunic
  • Leather vest
  • Reinforced leather
  • Reinforced leathers
  • Aketon
  • Arming coat
  • Arming doublet
  • Gambeson
  • Quilted leather
  • Double leather
  • Double leathers
  • Aketon
  • Arming coat
  • Gambeson
  • Bodysuit
9-12 Rigid Leather 9. Leather Breastplate 10. Cuirbouilli Leather 11. Studded Leather 12. Brigandine Armor
  • Armor
  • Cuirboulli
  • Cuirboulli leather
  • Cuirboulli leathers
  • Brigandine shirt
  • Cuirass
  • Jerkin
  • Lamellar corslet/corselet
  • Lamellar shirt
  • Leather corslet/corselet
  • Scale
  • Scalemail
  • Tunic
  • Studded leather
  • Studded leathers
  • Splint leather
  • Splinted leather
  • Lamellar leather
13-16 Chain Armor 13. Chain Mail 14. Double Chain 15. Augmented Chain 16. Chain Hauberk
  • Chainmail
  • Byrnie
  • Chain corslet/corselet
  • Chain shirt
  • Chain tunic
  • Double chain
  • Double chainmail
  • Chain corslet/corselet
  • Chain shirt
  • Chain tunic
  • Haubergeon
  • Jazerant
  • Augmented chain
  • Augmented chainmail
  • Haubergeon
  • Jazerant
17-20 Plate Armor 17. Metal Breastplate 18. Augmented Plate 19. Half Plate 20. Full Plate
  • Augmented breastplate
  • Breastplate
  • Coracia
  • Cuirass
  • Platemail
  • Plate corslet/corselet
  • Half plate
  • Half-plate
  • Plate
  • Platemail
  • Full plate
  • Full platemail
  • Field plate
  • Field platemail
  • Plate
  • Platemail

Armor nouns tend to also see more nouns added over time, so this list is not final.