Aglet, aidlet, point, or poynt:
A metal tag or point used to fasten pieces of plate armor or various parts
of other garments like sleeves, hose, and paltock.
Aumoniere:
A
small bag carried in the Middle Ages by men and women. Originally of
fabric or leather with a draw string, it hung from the belt or girdle and
was treated as a hanging pocket. Finally during the Renaissance when
pockets were added to garments, it gradually disappeared, although it
continued for women and eventually became the purse or reticule.
Button:
A solid, dome-shaped top, with an eye at the base, used as trimming at the
beginning of the Middle Ages; used as a fastening with buttonholes from
the middle of the thirteenth century on.
Castellated, dagged, or foliated:
Deep-cut scallops at the hem or other edges of a garment shaped in
triangles, half-circles, squares, or leaflike foliations.
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