chouso

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin clausus (“enclosed”). Compare Portuguese chouso, chousura and English close.

Adjective

chouso (feminine chousa, masculine plural chousos, feminine plural chousas)

1. (archaic) enclosed, walled
2. tight, narrow

Noun

chouso m (plural chousos)

1. enclosed woodland
2. enclosed pastures or orchard

Derived terms

• Chouso

Related terms

• choer (“to enclose”)
• chousa
• chousume
• chousura
• conchouso

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “chouso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chouso”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chouso”, 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), “chouso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chouso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN