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Couter

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image icon Large couter(The left couter on this armour has large wings to protect the inside of the arm.)[1]
image icon Smaller couter(The right couter here is smaller.)[2] Additional information on historic armor][3]
A couter of an austrian imperial armour, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

The couter is the defense for the elbow in a piece of plate armour. Initially just a curved piece of metal, as plate armor progressed the couter became an articulated joint.