corripa

Galician

An old corripa or ouriceira

A Galician carro ("cart")

Alternative forms

• curripa

Etymology

15th century. Probably from con- (“with”) +‎ ripa (“lath”), originally meaning "wattle" (in the past both the laterals of the cart and the walls of the corripas were wattles).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /coˈripa̝/

Noun

corripa f (plural corripas)

1. wattled lateral wall of a cart

   Synonym: caniza

2. open building or pen used for gathering and ripening chestnut burrs
   • 1421, J. García Oro (ed.), "Viveiro en los siglos XIV y XV. La Colección Diplomática de Santo Domingo de Viveiro", Estudios Mindonienses, 3, page 74:

     Iten mando Maria Afonso, moller de Juan do Souto, o foro da vinna que lavra Afonso Dias de Chavin, o vello, e o souto de Junqueyra que ajo con Juan Gommes, fillo de Roy Gommes, que foy de que me ha de dar a meatade, sacudido e colleyto enna corripa

     Item, I left María Afonso, wife of Xoán de Souto, the contract of the vineyard which is worked by Diaz de Chavín, the old, and the orchad of chestnuts at Xunqueira, which I have together with Xoán Gómez, son of the late Roi Gómez; and she shall give me half of it [of the chestnuts], shaken and collected in the corripa

   Synonyms: corriza, ouriceira, sequeiro

Related terms

• ripa

References

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