cabezal

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician cabeçal (synchronically cabeza +‎ -al). Cognate with Spanish cabezal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaβeˈθal/, (western) /kaβeˈsal/

Noun

cabezal m (plural cabezais)

1. halter

   Synonyms: cabresto, trenla

2. pillow (a soft, usually square, cushion used to support the head in bed)
   • 1375, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 380:

     It. mando a estevayna boa moller hua cama de Roupa que seia hua Coçedra et huun almadraque et hua colcha et dous cabeçaes

     Item, I bequeath Estevaíña, good woman, a bedding, which is a feather mattress and a large mattress and a quilt and two pillows

   Synonyms: almofada, traveseiro

3. (archaic, law) executor
   • 1309, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310), Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, vol III page 1283:

     Item mando que aquel deste testamento for meu cabeçal, que aya poder de vender a mia herdade de Paderne

     Item, I order that the executor of this, my will, has the power to sell my property in Paderne

Related terms

• cabeza (“head”)

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cabeça”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cabezal”, 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 cabeza +‎ -al

Noun

cabezal m (plural cabezales)

1. head (of a mechanism)
2. headrest (in a car); small pillow

   Synonym: reposacabezas

3. headboard, bedhead

   Synonym: cabecero

4. wig block

Related terms

• cabeza