Light-armed

Little has changed since ages past: Feveren at ease; and armoured with bracers, tassets, greaves and shin-guards of leather. His stout staff is of elm-wood.

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"Now these were a woodland folk and had no weapons of metal..."

"In that region the forests in after days were tall and green, and the people of Denethor there dwelt warily and seldom seen, because of their raiment of the colour of leaves; and they were called therefore the Green-elves."

"But the victory of the Elves was dearbought. For the Elves of Ossiriand were light-armed, and no match for the Orcs, who were shod with iron and iron-shielded and bore great spears with broad blades."
  - The War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals: 1350"