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

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “arpeo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “arpeo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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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

Further reading

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