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'''Harness''' is a term used to describe a full suit of [[armour]]. Typically it applies to [[plate]] harness.

A typically mid to late [[15th century]] harness would include:
*[[helmet]] - head
*[[bevor]] - throat
*[[standard]] - neck and throat
*[[pauldron]]s - shoulders 
*[[breastpplate]] - chest
*[[backplate]] - back
*[[plackart]] - abdomen
*[[fauld]] - waist
*[[tassett]]s - upper thigh
*[[cuisse]]s - thighs
*[[poleyn]]s with [[wing]]s - knees
*[[greave]]s - lower legs
*[[sabaton]]s - feet
*[[gauntlet]]s - hands
*[[vambrace]]s - forearms
*[[couter]]s with [[wing]]s - elbows
*[[rerebrace]]s - upper arms

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