Is there a good resource for medeival and siege related terminology online?

[the Jester]

Like the title says- I was trying to remember the name of the little gates you send your sorties out of when besieged, and I realized how handy some kind of online wiki or encyclopedia or dictionary of terms or something would be.

I'll gladly reward links with xp!

 

[rgard]

Here you go...

Glossary of Castle Terms
Castle Terminology
The Parts of a Medieval Castle


Thanks,
Rich

 

[El Mahdi]

It's called a Sally Gate (or Port) I think.

 

[Umbran]

It's called a Sally Gate (or Port) I think.

Another term for it is "postern gate".

 

[the Jester]

Thanks, all y'all!

Sally point indeed- I need to install several of them on my unit-scale battlemap of the city's walls and immediate interior for tonight's game... the pcs are resisting a massive attack, and we'll see whether they use the sally points or not, but I want them to have a bunch of options!