Grevas

Alias: 
grave
  1. Greaves; jambs.
  2. Plate armour for the shins, if worn only on the front, or for the whole lower leg if made in two enclosing pieces. (TC)
  3. In Fernando, ch.87: 62, the word "grave", probably means a glaive, since Fernão Lopes is lsting the weapons a fully equipped men-of-arms is expected to have. 
Lexical Types: 
Clothing
Military
Parts of Speech: 
feminine
noun
singular
Notes: 

Chronicle entries in which Grevas appears:

Citation: 
Crónica de D. Fernando, ch. 87: 62
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