Culet (armour)

A culet (also spelled culette) is a piece of plate armour consisting of small, horizontal lames that protect the small of the back or the buttocks.^[1] Usually a skirt of chain mail or a mail brayette was worn underneath.^[2]

This armour was also referred to as a garde de rein^[3] or garde rein,^[4][2] or hoguine.^[5]