Medieval Medieval VocabularyVocabulary

Dimotiko SxoleioDimotiko SxoleioAgias Napas, CyprusAgias Napas, Cyprus

ActivityActivity•Listen and read along with the Powerpoint presentation in order to complete your worksheet.

•Write in the word from the word bank on the blank line that •matches the definition.

Example:

_________________: a symbol of a family or office, usually representing a beast or bird, borne in addition to a coat of arms and used in medieval times to decorate the helmet

Archer: person who uses a bow and arrow

Armor: any covering worn as a defense against weapons

Arrow: a slender, straight weapon made to be shot from a bow

Axe: an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle

Bow: a flexible strip of wood or other material, bent by a string stretched between its ends, for shooting arrows

Castle: a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times

Catapult: an ancient military engine for hurling stones, arrows, etc.

Court: the extended household and all those who regularly attended on the ruler or central figure

Crossbow: a medieval weapon consisting of a bow fixed transversely on a stock having a trigger mechanism to release the bowstring

Drawbridge: a bridge that may be raised to prevent access or to enable vessels to pass

Gate: an opening permitting passage through an enclosure

Gauntlet: a medieval glove worn by a knight in armor to protect the hand

Helmet: medieval armor for the head

Herald: an officer who arranged tournaments and other functions, announced challenges, marshaled combatants, who was later employed also to arrange processions, funerals, and to regulate the use of armorial bearings

horse

Jester: a professional fool or clown, especially at a medieval court

Joust: a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances

King: a male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usually by hereditary right, the chief authority over a country and people

Knight: a man, usually of noble birth, who after an apprenticeship as page and squire was raised to honorable military rank and bound to chivalrous conduct

Lance: a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging

Moat: a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle

Prince: a non-reigning male member of a royal family

Princess: a non-reigning female member of a royal family or the wife of a prince

Queen: a female sovereign or monarch or the wife of a king

Quest: an adventurous expedition undertaken by a knight or knights to secure or achieve something

Shield: a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.

Spear: a weapon consisting of a long shaft with a sharp pointed end of metal, stone, or wood that may be thrown or thrust

Squire: a young man of noble birth who served a knight

Sword: a weapon with a long, straight or slightly curved blade, sharp-edged on one or both sides, with one end pointed and the other fixed in a hilt or handle

Tournament: a sport or contest in which mounted combatants fought for a prize

Tower: a mobile structure used in medieval warfare to attack a castle