Military

Bastida

  1. Belfry, siege engine, siege tower. [Fernando, ch. 20; João2, chs. 12, 135]
  2. Wooden tower normally used in attacking city walls. (CW)
  3. See Ian Barnes, The Historical Atlas of Knights and Castles (New York: Chartwell Books, 2007), p. 222 and 226.

Targe (Engl.)

  1. Small circular shield.
  2. Large cavalry shield or circular infantry shield. See Ian Barnes, The Historical Atlas of Knights and Castles (New York: Chartwell Books, 2007), p. 160.

Bulhão

  1. Billon (from the French bille), alloy.
  2. Dagger. 
  3. Alloy of a precious metal, often silver,  with another metal of less value, usually copper, used to mint coins.

 

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