A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z [Contents]

lace bobbin
A small bobbin used in lace making.

CL tools and equipment
BT bobbin

---

lace pillow
A pillow or cushion for lace making.

CL tools and equipment

---

lace tag
The ending for a lace.

RT lace (fastening)

CL dress and personal accessories
BT tag

---

lace (fastening)
A strip of material, leather etc used to hold two sides of an object together.

RT lace tag

CL dress and personal accessories
BT clothing fastening

---

lace (textile)
A type of fabric often used to trim clothing.

RT textile

CL dress and personal accessories
BT dress component

---

lachrymatory (container)
A tear shaped container.

CL container
BT container <by form>

---

lachrymatory (religious)
A vessel for collecting tears.

CL container
BT religious or ritual container

---

lacing ring

USE eyelet

---

ladder
An object made of two verticals with rungs between for ascending or descending.

CL tools and equipment

---

ladle
A long handled scoop usually used with liquids.

CL food preparation and consumption
BT food preparation equipment

CL tools and equipment

---

lamp
An appliance that produces light by means of a liquid fuel and a wick.

CL heating and lighting
BT lighting object
NT cresset lamp
NT hanging lamp

---

lamp filler
A small container used to fill a lamp with fuel.

CL heating and lighting
BT lighting object

---

lamp fitting
An attachment to a lamp.

CL heating and lighting
BT lighting object

---

lamp hanger
The support from which a lamp was hung.

CL heating and lighting
BT lighting object

---

lamp hook
A hook from which a lamp could be hung.

CL unassigned
BT hook

---

lance
A long spear used on horseback.

CL armour and weapons
BT spear

UF lancehead

---

lancehead

USE lance

---

lancet
A pointed two-edged surgical knife.

CL medicine and pharmacy
BT surgical instrument

---

<land vehicle>
Any vehicle for transportation on land.

CL transport
BT vehicle
NT carriage
NT cart
NT chariot
NT litter
NT sedan chair
NT sledge (vehicle)
NT wagon

---

landing net

USE fishing net

---

lantern
An object which encloses a light source but allows light out through holes, glass etc.

CL heating and lighting
BT lighting object

---

lapel stud
A small pin or stud worn in the lapel, often decorative.

CL dress and personal accessories
BT stud fastener

---

lar

USE idol

---

lariat

USE lasso

---

lasso
A long rope with a noose at one end for catching animals.

CL agriculture and subsistence
BT hunting object

UF lariat

---

last
A mould which is used to provide the shape of a piece of footwear.

CL tools and equipment
BT moulding equipment

---

latch
A small bar raised or lowered by a latchlifter which is used to fasten gates or doors etc.

CL unassigned
BT fastening

UF latch catch
UF latch rest

---

latch catch

USE latch

---

latch rest

USE latch

---

latchlifter
A shaped rod which passed through a hole in the door and was used to raise a latch or to slide a bolt.

RT key (locking)
RT lock

CL tools and equipment
BT key (locking)

---

lathe
Equipment for turning wood, metal, bone etc.

CL tools and equipment
BT smoothing equipment

---

lathe core
An object worked on a lathe, usually the bi-product of such work.

CL manufacture and processing
BT industrial by product

UF coal money

---

laurel leaf
A large flake or blade blank thinned on both faces to form an approximate leaf shape. Precise function unknown.

RT knife
RT leaf arrowhead

CL tools and equipment

---

lavabo
A bowl for the washing of hands, often in a religious institution.

RT piscina

CL container
BT personal hygiene container

---

laver
A basin of water used by priests for ritual ablutions.

CL container
BT religious or ritual container

---

leaf arrowhead
A leaf or diamond-shaped arrowhead with shallow retouching at the edges.

RT laurel leaf

CL armour and weapons
BT arrowhead

---

leash
A rope, cord etc used to hold or secure animals.

CL animal equipment

---

leather stamp
An engraved object which when struck imparts the image engraved onto the leather.

CL tools and equipment
BT marking equipment

---

ledger stone

USE gravestone

---

leg guard
Armour designed to protect the leg or parts of the leg. For specific foot protection use FOOT GUARD

CL armour and weapons
BT armour <by form>

UF ankle guard
UF greave
UF knee guard
UF shin guard

---

leg iron

USE fetter

---

legging
Outerwear designed to protect the legs from weather.

CL dress and personal accessories
BT outerwear

---

leister
A fishing spear with two heads to grip fish between.

CL agriculture and subsistence
BT fish spear

---

lens
A piece of material, usually glass, which has been ground into shape to enhance vision or protect the eyes.

CL medicine and pharmacy

---

letter
Written or typed correspondence, usually between two or more parties.

CL written communications
BT written item

---

letter weight
A weight used with letter scales for weighing letters or parcels and establishing the required postal rate.

CL measurement
BT weight

---

levallois core
A prepared core from which a single flake or blade has been produced. The technique was primarily used in the Palaeolithic and Neolithic.

CL manufacture and processing
BT core

UF tortoise core

---

levallois flake
A flake produced from a carefully prepared core.

CL manufacture and processing
BT flake

UF levallois point

---

levallois point

USE levallois flake

---

level
An instrument for establishing the horizontal line of sight and used in surveying. It usually has an eyepiece and an air bubble in a glass tube or dome.

CL measurement

---

lever
A bar used to increase the force being brought to bear in order to move an object.

CL tools and equipment

---

libation bowl
A container used to hold and or pour a liquid in honour of a deity.

CL container
BT libation container

CL religion or ritual
BT libation container

---

libation container
A container used to hold and or pour out liquid in honour of a deity.

CL container
BT religious or ritual container
NT libation bowl
NT libation cup
NT libation jug
NT libation tank
NT libation vase

CL religion or ritual
BT sacrificial or libational object
NT libation bowl
NT libation cup
NT libation jug
NT libation tank
NT libation vase

---

libation cup
A container used to hold and or pour a liquid in honour of a deity.

CL container
BT libation container

CL religion or ritual
BT libation container

---

libation jug
A container used to hold and or pour a liquid in honour of a deity.

CL container
BT libation container

CL religion or ritual
BT libation container

---

libation ladle
A utensil used to pour a liquid in honour of a deity.

CL religion or ritual
BT sacrificial or libational object

---

libation table
An object used to hold offerings to a deity.

CL religion or ritual
BT sacrificial or libational object

---

libation tank
A container to hold a liquid in honour of a deity.

CL container
BT libation container

CL religion or ritual
BT libation container

---

libation vase
A container to hold and or pour a liquid in honour of a deity.

CL container
BT libation container

CL religion or ritual
BT libation container

---

lid
A cover for an object, usually designed to fit the object.

CL unassigned

UF pot lid
UF vessel lid

---

lift key
Usually a L or T-shaped tumbler lock key which allowed the bolt to be pulled across by a cord.

CL tools and equipment
BT key (locking)

---

light fitting
An object which does not provide light but supports or is attached to lighting equipment.

CL fixtures and fittings

---

<lighting object>
An object used in the lighting of an area.

CL heating and lighting
NT candle
NT candle holder
NT candle snuffer
NT lamp
NT lamp filler
NT lamp fitting
NT lamp hanger
NT lantern
NT rush light

---

ligula

USE cosmetic spoon

---

limpet scoop
An object assumed to be to pick limpets out of their shells.

CL food preparation and consumption
BT food preparation equipment

---

linch pin
An object which perforated the axle cap, passing through the axle and so keeping the wheel in place. Usually made of metal, though can be made of wood or antler.

CL transport
BT vehicle component

UF lynch pin

---

line sinker
A weight attached to a fishing line in order to help it sink towards the bottom.

CL agriculture and subsistence
BT sinker

---

linen armour

USE gambeson

---

linen smoother
A flattened glass sphere used to give linen a gloss.

CL tools and equipment
BT smoothing equipment

---

linked pin
A set of two or more pins joined together by a chain.

CL dress and personal accessories
BT dress pin

---

lintel
A horizontal beam over an opening to support a wall.

CL architecture
BT architectural element

---

<lip blown wind instrument>
An instrument in which air is made to vibrate by the player vibrating their lips and blowing into a mouthpiece.

CL music
BT wind instrument
NT carnyx
NT horn (music)
NT hunting horn
NT trumpet

---

liquid measure
A container used to measure liquids.

CL container
BT measuring vessel
NT gill
NT quart

CL measurement
BT measuring vessel
NT gill
NT quart

---

litharge
A residue, primarily lead oxide, formed during refining silver

CL manufacture and processing
BT industrial by product

---

lithic implement
Knapped or ground stone/flint tool where the specific type is unknown. Use more specific type where known.

CL tools and equipment

UF flint implement

---

litter
A vehicle containing a couch shut in by curtains and carried by men or beasts of burden.

CL transport
BT land vehicle

---

lituus

USE trumpet

---

lock
A security device attached to objects.

RT key (locking)
RT keyhole fitting
RT latchlifter

CL tools and equipment
BT locking mechanism
NT padlock

UF lock bar
UF lock bolt
UF lock bolt spring
UF lock housing
UF lock plate
UF lock spring
UF lock tumbler

---

lock bar

USE lock

---

lock bolt

USE lock

---

lock bolt spring

USE lock

---

lock housing

USE lock

---

lock plate

USE lock

---

lock spring

USE lock

---

lock tumbler

USE lock

---

locket
A small ornamental case, usually on a necklace or chain, that holds a picture, keepsake etc.

CL dress and personal accessories
BT jewellery

---

locking mechanism
A device used to lock another object.

CL tools and equipment
NT bolt (fastening)
NT lock

---

loin band

USE loincloth

---

loincloth
A piece of cloth worn around the loins.

CL dress and personal accessories
BT outerwear

UF breech cloth
UF loin band

---

<longarm>
A hand held long barrelled gun.

CL armour and weapons
BT firearm
NT musket
NT rifle
NT shotgun

---

loom
An apparatus worked by hand or mechanically for weaving yarn into textile.

CL tools and equipment
BT textile equipment

UF heddle cradle
UF warping frame

---

loomweight
Weights used on a type of vertical loom to hold the warp threads taut.

CL tools and equipment
BT textile equipment

---

loop headed spike

USE staple

---

louvre
A fitting incorporating a series of overlapping flaps providing ventilation or transmission of sound.

CL architecture
BT architectural element

UF roof louver
UF roof louvre

---

lucifer match
A early match made of a piece of wood and an inflammable substance, lit by friction between the inflammable substance and a rough surface.

CL heating and lighting
BT igniting accessory

---

lug (handle)
A projection which can be used to lift or suspend an object, often used as a handle.

CL unassigned

---

lug (pole)
A rod used to measure the imperial measurements of a pole or a perch.

CL measurement

---

lunula
Early Bronze Age assumed to be a neck ornament, crescent moon shaped, often gold and elaborately decorated.

CL dress and personal accessories
BT jewellery

---

lure
An object used to retrieve birds used in hawking. Consists of feathers tied to a rope, food is contained in the lure whilst training the birds.

CL agriculture and subsistence
BT hunting object

---

lute
A plucked string instrument of a specific medieval / early post medieval type.

CL music
BT plucked string instrument

---

lynch pin

USE linch pin

---

lyre
A plucked string instrument in which the strings pass over the soundbox and parallel to the sides of the instrument.

CL music
BT plucked string instrument

UF cithara
UF frame harp

---

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z [Contents]

©, English Heritage & Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1997. You may freely download this page for non-profit use, but must acknowledge , EH & RCHME in any output in which it is used.