plural

1. Trial by fire to prove one's innocence.
2. Fazer as salvas: Protest one's innocennce; make protestations of one's innocence. [João1, ch. 10]

1. Moor-fighting soldier; soldier making incursions into Muslim territory.
2. Soldier trained for service on a border region.

Wooden piles; supports made out of wooden spars.

1. Sesén.
2. Enrique II had this new coin struck in Burgos and Talavera in order to pay his troops at the beginning of his reign. It was called sesén, or sesenes in the plural, because it was worth six dineros. 
3. 1 sesén = 6 dineros.

Gauntlets.

1. French greaves.
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)

1. Cuisses.
2. A general term referring to any armour for the thighs. (TC)

1. Horsemen.
2. Duzentos de cavalo: two hundred horsemen. [Pedro, ch. 40: 5]

1. Affairs. [Pedro, ch. 39: 26; ch. 40: 56]
2. Deeds.
3. Plans. [Pedro, ch. 41: 21]
4. Doings. [Pedro, ch. 41: 56]

Leading burgesses. [Pedro, ch. 36: 45-46]