There would be an iron helmet, with protection for the face given by the hinged vizor; body armour of a mixture of chainmail and plate, worn over a thick padded habergeon of cloth or leather; iron gauntlets.

to sluice earth or gold dust in a sluice box in placer mining

opposition to the policy came from an unexpected quarter, as well as from certain quarters which had historically opposed it

[…] and then Father Conroy handed the thurible to Canon O’Hanlon and he put in the incense and censed the Blessed Sacrament […].