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Protection for the lower leg - This is a type
of buturlik, This was a kind of ponozhi,
protection for the calf or shins. There were three kinds of such shin and calf
protection armor. This was also called a burulik. The word is of Turkic
origin and the armor was used by Mongols and Tatars. One type was made of three
long pieces connected with metal rings so that the assembly protected the whole
leg from ankle to knee. The second was composed of one, wide plate in front and
two narrow plates to each side. The third was made of only one piece and
protected the outside, exposed side of the calf. It was held in place by
leather straps around the leg. In Western Europe such armor was known from
ancient times under the generic term, greaves.
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