restrelo

Galician

Tools for dressing the flax (left: a restrelo)

Alternative forms

• restelo

Etymology

Attested since 1459. From Latin rāstellus (“rake”). Cognate with Portuguese restelo and Spanish rastrillo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /resˈtɾelo̝/

Noun

restrelo m (plural restrelos)

1. hackle, hatchel
   • 1459, A. López Carreira, Fragmentos de notarios, doc. D40a:

     Hun saco cheo de farina triiga, tres peneyras, hun restrello, dous odres

     A sack full of wheat floor, three sieves, a hackle, two goatskins

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rastrelo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “restrelo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “restrelo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “restrelo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN