singular

Chief crossbowman. [Pedro, ch. 20: 53]

1. Cat.
2. Protection device for a group of soldiers, which included a pole with a pick or small ram used to claw at the stones of a castle in order to open a hole on its walls.

1. Sow.
2. Protection device consisting of a wooden structure covered with uncured cow hides, clay or other flame-resistent materials, used to protect groups of soldiers attacking or undermining the wall of a castle at close quarters.

1. Ram, battering ram.
2. Siege engine consisting of a strong long pole with and iron-clad end, often in the shape of a ram, used to breach walls or doorways.

1. Siege engine, siege machine, siege weapon.
2. Fernão Lopes seems to use the word "engenho" as a generic term that can be applied to a range of siege engines employed to throw projectiles, usually stones, against or over castle walls. The term can include trebuchets, catapults or mangonels.
3. Enrique II of Castile called for four siege engines to assist in the 1373 siege of Lisbon. [Fernando, ch. 80: 46-47]

1. Arrowslit.
2. Narrow opening on defensive wall allowing archers to shoot arrows on the enemy from a sheltered vantage point.

1. Beacon.
2. Fazer almenaras de fogo: to send signals by beacon. [João1, ch.136: 41]

Scorn.

Courage.

Cunning.