Editing Lamellar armour (section)

==Description==
[[File:Lamellar lacing.gif|thumb|One example of how lamellar armour is laced together]]

Lamellar armour consists of small platelets known as "lamellae" or "lames", which are punched and laced together, typically in horizontal rows. Lamellae can be made of metal, leather ''[[boiled leather|cuir bouilli]]'', horn, stone, bone or more exotic substances. Metal lamellae may be lacquered to resist corrosion or for decoration. Unlike [[scale armour]], which it resembles, lamellar armour is not attached to a cloth or leather backing (although it is typically worn over a padded undergarment).{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}

In Asia, lamellar armor eventually overtook scale armour in popularity as lamellar restricted the user's movements much less than scale armour.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Kh-to448NTEC&dq=scale+armour&pg=PA7 ''Oriental Armour'', H. Russell Robinson, Publisher Courier Dover Publications, 2002], {{ISBN|0-486-41818-9}}, {{ISBN|978-0-486-41818-6}} P.6-7</ref>