| VAMBRACE | Piece of armour used to protect the forearm |
| SHIELD | Piece of armour used in jousting (6) |
| CHAINMAIL | Armour used to make a hauberk (5,4) |
| NOSEPIECE | Part of armour used with spectacles (4,5) |
| THIMBLES | Metal, plastic or ceramic caps used to protect the end of the fingers when sewing (8) |
| VARNISH | This is used to protect the head of a fly (7) |
| GORGET | From Old French for "throat", a piece of armour or part of a wimple worn to cover/protect the neck, hence a band of colour on the craw or crop of a hummingbird or other avian (6) |
| SHINPAD | Protective item used to protect the leg of a hockey player (4,3) |
| BARRIERCREAM | Dressing used to protect the skin (7,5) |
| PLACEMAT | It's used to protect the table (5,3) |
| ARMOUR | Metal covering used to protect the body in battle (6) |
| THIMBLE | Cap used to protect the finger while sewing (7) |
| MOISTURISER | Damper used to protect the skin? |
| CULET | Meaning 'small bottom', the flat base of a brilliant-cut gemstone; or, a piece of armour for protecting the small of the back or the buttocks |
| MAILER | Norman armour used by the sovereign (6) |
| PANZER | German word for 'armour' used in names of tanks (6) |
| SCUTUM | Latin word for "shield" that refers to a large oblong Roman example of said piece of armour; a constellation; or, one of the protective plates of an armadillo, insect or turtle (6) |
| HELMET | Kind of wood used in the odd piece of armour (6) |
| HAUBERK | Originally a piece of armour for the neck and later a coat of mail (7) |
| HEADPIECE | Piece of armour provided? Didn't have to go to war, we hear (9) |
