Military

Ascuma

  1. Hunting spear; javelin.
  2. Short spear  to be thrown when hunting big game.
  3. From the 13th century it was used by foot soldiers as a missile weapon, especially if there was a shortage of lances or spears. See: João Gouveia Monteiro,  A Guerra em Portugal nos finais da Idade Média (Lisbon: Editorial Notícias, 1998), p,532.

Gládio

  1. Arming sword.
  2. Shorter sword (shorter than the estoc for example) which a man-at-arms carried as part of his most basic level of equipment, regardless of what other optional weapons he chose to carry. (TC)

Grevas

  1. Greaves; jambs.
  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)
  3. In Fernando, ch.87: 62, the word "grave", probably means a glaive, since Fernão Lopes is lsting the weapons a fully equipped men-of-arms is expected to have. 

Barvuda

  1. Barbute; combination of bascinet and camail worn together. [CKJ1, ch. 49]
  2. Metal head protection enveloping the head and part of the neck. Could have a camail, or mail curtain hanging from the edge, to protect the neck more fully. 

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