cascón

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Galician

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Etymology

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Attested since the 15th century: casca (husk) +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cascón m (plural cascóns)

  1. dried empty chestnut
    • 1418, Sada / A Coruña, edited by Manuel Lucas Álvarez and Pedro Lucas Domínguez, El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro y su colección diplomática en la Edad Media, Ediciós do Castro, page 148:
      seys teegas de castanas secas et linpas et escolleytas dos cascõõs et do podre
      six measures of dry and clean chesnuts, free of empty ones and of rotten ones
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