bancal

English

Etymology

Spanish; see abancalar

Noun

bancal (plural bancales)

1. An ornamental covering, as of carpet or leather, for a bench or form.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bancal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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French

Etymology

From Old Occitan bancal, from Medieval Latin bancalis, from the base of Proto-Germanic *bankiz + -alis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃.kal/

Adjective

bancal (feminine singular bancale, masculine plural bancals, feminine plural bancales)

1. bandy-legged (of person)
2. rickety, wobbly (of table etc.)

Further reading

• “bancal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Venetian

Alternative forms

• bancałe

Noun

bancal m (plural bancałi)

1. pallet
2. sill, windowsill