Culet (armour)

A culet (also spelled culette) is a piece of plate armour consisting of small, horizontal lames that protect the small of the back or the buttocks.

[1] Usually a skirt of chain mail or a mail brayette was worn underneath.

[2] This armour was also referred to as a garde de rein[3] or garde rein,[4][2] or hoguine.

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