galleiro

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From galla (“prong”) +‎ -eiro, ≈ "pronged".

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

galleiro (feminine galleira, masculine plural galleiros, feminine plural galleiras)

  1. (of cattle) having long and separate horns

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Noun[edit]

galleiro m (plural galleiros)

  1. a pronged element used for hanging and curing sausages and other meat or fish, of for storing and protecting bread from vermin
  2. (nautical) crutch

References[edit]

  • “galleiro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “galleiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “galleiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “galleiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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