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gable cross

USE roof finial

gaiter
Cloth or leather covering for the leg or ankle.

CL dress and personal accessories
BT outerwear

gallows
A two post structure with cross beam for hanging criminals.

CL punishment and restraint

gambeson
A cloth or leather tunic, usually worn underneath metal armour, although sometimes worn by itself.

CL armour and weapons
BT armour <by form>

UF linen armour

game board

USE gaming board

game box
A box in which one or more games are stored.

CL container
BT storage container

game counter

USE gaming piece

gaming board
A board marked up to play a game upon.

CL sports and games
NT chess board

UF game board

gaming chip
A marker used to represent a gambling stake.

RT jetton

CL sports and games

gaming counter

USE gaming piece

gaming piece
A marker used in the playing of a game.

CL sports and games
NT chess piece
NT draughtsman
NT hnefatafl marker
NT tableman

UF game counter
UF gaming counter
UF playing piece

garderobe seat
The cover for a garderobe on which a person would sit.

CL furnishings and furniture
BT furniture

gargoyle
A spout allowing water to spill away from a building. Usually carved in images of animals, people or grotesques.

RT sculpture

CL architecture
BT architectural element

garment hook

USE dress hook

garter
A band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking.

CL dress and personal accessories
BT underwear

gate
A metal or wooden framework suspended within an opening in an external wall, fence, hedge etc, to allow ingress or egress.

CL architecture
BT architectural element

UF gateway

gate pier

USE pier

gate pillar

USE pier

gateway

USE gate

gauge
A graduated vessel or instrument for gauging or measuring the force or quantity of a fluctuating object, such as rainfall, tide, wind etc.

CL measurement

gauntlet
Armoured covering to protect the hand and wrist.

CL armour and weapons
BT armour <by form>

gemstone
A precious or semi precious stone used within jewellery.

CL dress and personal accessories
BT jewellery fitting

geological sample
A sample consisting of minerals, stones etc.

CL ecofacts

<geometry instrument>
Instruments used within geometry, geometrical drawing and navigational mapping.

CL measurement
NT callipers
NT compasses
NT dividers
NT protractor
NT quadrant
NT set square
NT square

gibbet
A structure for hanging criminals, often used to suspend criminals after execution, consisting of one upright post with an arm.

CL punishment and restraint

gill
A measure for liquid, usually for a quarter of a pint.

CL container
BT liquid measure

CL measurement
BT liquid measure

gimlet
A small tool for boring holes with a cross handle and a screw tip.

CL tools and equipment
BT drilling equipment

UF twist gimlet

gipciere

USE purse

girdle
A form of belt or sash worn to hold in garments.

CL dress and personal accessories
BT clothing accessory

girdle fastener

USE clothing fastening

girdle hanger
T shaped piece of bronze imitating a key and hung from a chatelaine.

RT chatelaine
RT key (locking)

CL dress and personal accessories
BT personal accessory

girth
A strap passing underneath the animal to hold saddle in place.

CL animal equipment
BT harness

glaive
A weapon which is a blade fixed to a long handle.

CL armour and weapons
BT staff weapon

glass working debris
The debris resulting from the production of glass.

CL manufacture and processing
BT manufacturing debris

glove
A covering for the hand.

CL dress and personal accessories
BT clothing accessory

gnomon
A pillar, rod, pin, or plate of a sundial, showing time by its shadow.

CL measurement
BT time measuring instrument

goad
A spiked stick, the spiked tip frequently of metal, used to urge livestock forward.

CL animal equipment

UF ox goad

goblet
A container for drinking, with a base and stem but without handles.

CL container
BT container <by form>
BT drinking vessel

CL food preparation and consumption
BT drinking vessel

goggles
Protective eyewear.

CL dress and personal accessories
BT personal accessory

gold weight
Weight used for weighing specific quantities and qualities of gold.

CL measurement
BT weight

gong
A metal disk with a turned rim, giving a resonant note when struck.

CL music
BT musical instrument <integral>

gouge
A tool with a sharp, concave edge for shaping wood, stone or metal.

CL tools and equipment
BT cutting equipment

grain measure
A container holding a set quantity used specifically for measuring grains or cereal.

CL container
BT measuring vessel

CL measurement
BT measuring vessel

UF corn measure
UF modius

grain rubber
A shaped stone, which could be hand held, used in combination with a saddle quern to grind or rub grain.

CL agriculture and subsistence
BT grinding equipment

CL tools and equipment
BT grinding equipment

grapnel

USE grappling iron

grappling hook

USE grappling iron

grappling iron
A device with hooks or claws attached to a rope and used for dragging or grasping.

CL tools and equipment

UF grapnel
UF grappling hook

grater
A device with a sharpened surface used to grate objects such, as vegetables or cheese, into smaller pieces.

CL food preparation and consumption
BT food preparation equipment

grave cover

USE grave slab

grave marker
An object placed to mark the site of a grave.

CL religion or ritual
BT death burial or funerary object
BT religious structural object

grave slab
A stone used to cover a grave.

CL religion or ritual
BT death burial or funerary object
BT religious structural object

UF grave cover

graver
A hand held tool for marking or graving.

CL tools and equipment
BT marking equipment

gravestone
A stone placed over or at the head or foot of a grave, or at the entrance to a tomb.

CL religion or ritual
BT death burial or funerary object
BT religious structural object

UF footstone
UF headstone
UF ledger stone
UF namestone

grease pot
A container to hold and/or apply grease.

CL container
BT container <by function>

greave

USE leg guard

grenade
A small explosive device, usually hand thrown.

CL armour and weapons
BT explosive weapon

grid iron
A metal grid, usually iron, used to support pots over a fire.

CL heating and lighting
BT heating object

grille
A screen used to decorate or protect an opening.

CL architecture
BT architectural element

grinder
Use appropriate term.

USE millstone
USE muller

<grinding equipment>
Equipment used in the grinding of cereal to produce foodstuffs.

CL agriculture and subsistence
NT grain rubber
NT millstone
NT quern

CL tools and equipment
NT grain rubber
NT millstone
NT muller
NT pestle
NT pounder
NT quern

grinding stone

USE grindstone

grinding wheel

USE grindstone

grindstone
A revolving stone used to sharpen or polish by grinding.

CL tools and equipment
BT sharpening equipment

UF grinding stone
UF grinding wheel

<gripping equipment>
Equipment used to grip an object.

CL tools and equipment
NT forceps
NT nail extractor
NT pincers
NT pliers
NT tongs
NT tweezers
NT vice
NT wrench

guisarme
A long handled weapon which has a long blade in line with the shaft, sharpened on both sides and ending in a point.

CL armour and weapons
BT staff weapon

guitar
A stringed instrument with a fingerboard which has frets on it.

CL music
BT plucked string instrument

gun

USE firearm

gunflint
A shaped flint used in flintlocks to create the spark to fire the gun.

CL armour and weapons

guttering
A shallow channel to collect rain water, attached to the eaves of a building.

CL architecture
BT architectural element

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