Ellbogenkachel
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thumb|upright=1.35|A couter of an Austrian imperial armour, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria The couter (also spelled "cowter") is the defense for the elbow in a piece of plate armour. Initially just a curved piece of metal, as plate armor progressed the couter became an articulated joint. Couters were popular by the 1320s.
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- plate armour
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- Briquet détail armure Vienne.jpg
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- Couters
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Die Ellbogenkachel, auch Armkachel, Muschel, Mäusel, Ellenbogenpanzer, ist ein Teil einer Plattenrüstung aus Europa.
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