arpeo

Galician

Arpeo

Etymology

From Old French harpeau, from harper (“to grab”), from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ (“harp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈpeo̝/, /aɾˈpeo̯/

Noun

arpeo m (plural arpeos)

1. (nautical) grapnel
2. (nautical) hook
3. (nautical) grappling hook
   • 1433, Ángel Rodríguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 53:

     con estes aparellos seguintes, conven a saber: tres ancoras et hũu arpeo de ferro con seus eixos et hũa gindaresa de fio de canavo

     with the following gear, that is: three anchors and one grappling hook of iron, with their windlasses, and a hawser made of hemp

Derived terms

• arpear

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “arpeo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arpeo”, 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), “arpeu”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arpeo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old French harpeau, from harper (“to grab”), from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ (“harp”).

Noun

arpeo m (plural arpeos)

1. grapple
2. grappling hook

   Synonym: (Belize) granpin

Further reading

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