_Mamillières_, circular plates worn over the breast to hold chains to which the sword and dagger were attached, XIV cent. _Mancina_, It. see main gauche. _Manetta_, It. the trigger of a gun, also a spanner. _Manezza di ferro_, an arming-gauntlet, =F=. _Manicle_, gauntlet. _Manico_, It. the grip of a sword. _Manoglia_, It. the handle of a small buckler. _Manopla_, Sp. } gauntlet. _Manople_, It. } _Manteau d’armes_, a rigid cape-like shield fixed to the left breast and shoulder for tilting. _Mantling_, see lambrequin. _Martel de fer_, Fr. } a war-hammer used by horse and foot. _Martello d’arme_, It. } _Martinetto_, } _Martinello_, } It. see cranequin. _Mascled_, _mail_, { lozenge-shaped plates of metal, sometimes _Macled_, _mail_, { overlapping, sewn upon a tunic of leather or { quilted linen, XI, XII cent. (Meyrick). _Massüe_, Fr. a mace or club. _Matchlock_, a firearm with touch-hole and fired with a match, early XV cent. _Mattucashlass_, a Scottish dagger carried under the armpit. _Maule_, a mace or club. _Maximilian armour_, a style of plate armour distinguished by shallow vertical flutings, said to have been devised by the Emperor Maximilian I, XVI cent. _Mazza d’arme_, It. war-mace. _Mazzafrustro_, It. see flail, also morning star. _Méche soufrée_, a slow-match. _Mell_, see maule. _Mentonière_, a piece used with the sallad to protect chin and breast. _Merlette_, O.F. a sergeant’s staff, =R=. _Meris_, O.F. a javelin, =R=. _Meusel_, Germ, see elbow-cop. _Mezail_, Fr. visor. _Miccia_, It. a gun-match. _Migerat_, O.F. a dart or arrow, =R=. _Minion_, a four-pounder, XVI cent. _Misericorde_, short dagger used for the _coup de grâce_. _Missodor_, O.F. a war horse, =R=. _Mitten-gauntlet_, } gauntlet in which the fingers are _Mittene_, It. } not separate. _Moresca_, It. see taces. _Morion_, light helmet with crest and inverted crescent brim, latter end of XV cent. _Morning star_, a spike-studded ball hung by a chain from a short staff, XIV-XV cent. _Morso_, It. the horse’s bit. _Moschetto_, It. see matchlock. _Mostardo_, a musket, =F=. _Moton_, plates to protect the armpits, especially the right, XIV cent. _Moulinet_, the windlass used for drawing the crossbow. _Moyenne_, see minion. _Murice_, a caltrop, =F=. _Musacchino_, see pauldrons. _Muschettæ_, It. projectiles used with the crossbow. _Muserag_, a missile weapon of some kind, =F=. _Musoliera_, It. a horse-muzzle. N _Nackenschirm_, Germ. neck-plate at the back of an armet. _Naide_, anvil. _Naitoules_, some appliance for closing rivets. _Nasal_, a bar of steel fixed or movable on the front of the helmet to protect the nose, in more general use during XI cent., revived afterwards in XVII cent. _Neighletts_, the metal tags of the arming-points.