Editing Armament (section)

===Armor Types===
* Padded armor is made of leather or canvas which has been stuffed with cloth. This can be worn by itself, often called a [[w:gambeson|gambeson]], but is essential when wearing mail in order to absorb blows more readily.{{Ref|aGoT|26}}
* [[w:boiled leather|Boiled leather]] is a thick leather, boiled in water, and usually worn under mail. Such leather is dressed with oil to retain its flexibility. Boiled leather set very hard and can be moulded into rounded pieces to protect shoulders, elbows and knees.{{Ref|aCoK|31}} Most freeriders use boiled leather.{{ref|ACOK|31}}
* A [[w:brigandine|brigandine]] or jack is a cloth garment, generally canvas or leather, lined with small oblong steel plates riveted to the fabric.
* A [[w:hauberk|hauberk]] is a [[w:chain mail|chainmail]] shirt which includes sleeves and can extend as low as the knees. The hauberk is typically constructed of interlocking whoops of metal sewn into a shirt or a tunic. The sleeves of a hauberk often reach the elbow, though the sleeve length varies. The hauberk tends to be made of iron rings, and is generally worn over a padded undercoat, or boiled leather.{{Ref|aGoT|15}}
* A byrnie is also made of chainmail. Byrnies are generally distinguished from hauberks by their sleeve length, as a byrnie has only short sleeves. There are doubts about the exact definition (and length) of a historical byrnie, but both in Westeros and in history byrnies are some variety of armor jacket or a shirt. While the [[First Men]] of antiquity wore byrnies of bronze scales,{{ref|TWOIAF|The Vale}} modern Westerosi wear mail byrnies.{{ref|ASOS|70}}{{ref|ADWD|12}}
* [[w:scale armour|Scale armor]] is a garment with hundreds of small plates stitched and riveted onto it.{{Ref|aGoT|15}}
* [[w:plate armour|Plate armor]] is worn over mail and a padded surcoat. Large rondels protect the juncture of arm and breast.{{Ref|aGoT|40}} The vulnerable points are at the less protected joints, places at elbows, knees, and beneath the arms.{{Ref|aSoS|70}}