- Windlass-operated crossbow; windlass crossbow. [NF]
- See explanation and illustration at: http://www.personal.ars-informatica.ca/paul/wot/wot.php?page=shen_calhar; see also: João Gouveia Monteiro, A Guerra em Portugal nos finais da Idade Média (Lisbon: Editorial Notícias, 1998), pp. 534-5. [NF]
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