はちがね
Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of
はちがね
– see the following entry.
【
鉢金
】
[noun]
(
historical armor
)
A
headband
with
armored
iron
plates
attached designed to
protect
the
forehead
, sometimes used by
samurai
.
(This term,
はちがね
(
hachigane
)
, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)