feminine

Ordinary folk; common herd. (CW)

1. Rica-dona.
2. Wife or successor of a grandee (rico-homem). See 'rico-homem'.

Queen.

Lady-in-waiting.
See also "cuvilheira"

1. Gentlewoman of the bedchamber.
2. The same as cuvilheira.
3. Gentlewoman of the bedchamber in charge of the cleanliness and good order of a noble person's room, bed, clothing, and of helping a noble person to dress or undress. See: Joaquim de Santa Rosa Viterbo,  Elucidário das palavras, termos e frases que em Portugal antigamente se usaram e que hoje regularmente se ignoram, v. 1, p. 239 (Lisboa : A. J. Fernandes Lopes, 1865). 

1. Shelter; cover. 
2. So sota: in the hold (of a ship); under shelter; under cover.

Concentration of crossbows.

1. Dobla; Castilian gold coin. [Pedro, ch. 18: 26; ch. 39: 13, 16, 40; ch. 40: 52]
2. Doña Blanca doblas: doblas minted on the occasion of Pedro of Castile's marriage to Blanche of Bourbon, possibly with the gold sent by the King of France as her dowry. [Pedro, ch.11: 35-37; ch. 16: 56]
3. Dobla cruzada: crossed dobla. [Pedro, ch. 22: 26]
4. 1 dobla (Pedro I) = 35 maravedís = 50 marcos

1. Nanny (in charge of the domestic education of a child).
2. Governess (lady appointed as educator of a child). [João1, ch. 57: 7 ??]
3. Personal companion (attending to a lady of high birth, as in the case of Beatriz Gonçalves  'aia' to Queen Philippa). [João2, ch. 129]
4. Lady-in-wating (attending to royalty).

1. Carrack; usually a three-masted ship used for trade and distant sea travel.
2. Ship, vessel (when used in a more generic sense).
3. Naaos de castello davante: ships with forecastle. [Pedro, ch. 24: 18]