ensullo

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin īnsubulum, from Latin īnsuō (“I sew up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈsuʎo/

Noun

ensullo m (plural ensullos)

1. weaver's beam, warp beam
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 47r:

     é golias era armado ſobre ſo cauallo eſt philiſteo auie de alto .vj. cobdos eun palmo. e auia el ẏelmo de azero. ela loriga peſaua .v. mil libras. e el aſta de ſue mano era tan grueſſa cuemo el enſullo del texedor el fierro peſaua .dc. peſas.

     And Goliath was armed on his horse. This Philistine was six cubits and a span in height, and he had a bronze helmet, and his coat of mail weighed five thousand shekels, and the shaft in his hand was as thick as a weaver's beam; the iron [point] weighed six hundred shekels.

Descendants

• Spanish: ensullo, enjullo

Spanish

Noun

ensullo m (plural ensullos)

1. Synonym of enjulio

Further reading

• “ensullo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014