guardacabo
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to protect (originally)”) + cabos (“end”).
Noun[edit]
guardacabo m (plural guardacabos)
- (nautical) thimble (a metal ring which a cable or rope intended for attaching to other things is looped around as a protection against chafing)
Further reading[edit]
- “guardacabo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014