bordinga

Galician

Etymology

Bordo (“board”) +‎ -inga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boɾˈðiŋɡa̝/

Noun

bordinga f (plural bordingas)

1. lever; rod
2. (architecture) putlog (one of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose)

Related terms

• borda
• bordo

See also

• machinal

References

• “bordinga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.