A type of armor plating or protective covering, particularly the lower part of a breastplate in medieval armor.
From French épinard (spinach), possibly from descriptive shape or pattern resemblance. A specialized medieval military term.
Medieval armor names are wonderfully weird—the epinard might have been called 'spinach' because of a leafy or ridged pattern in the metal, showing how medieval knights used everyday objects to describe protection.
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