peitoril

Galician

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pectorilis, *pectorile, from Latin pectus (“chest”). Compare Spanish pretil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pejtoˈɾil/

Noun

1. (architecture) windowsill, sill

   Synonym: antepeito

2. (architecture) parapet

   Synonyms: antepeito, parapeito, varanda

   • 1450, A. Fernández Salgado (ed.), A documentación medieval de San Bieito do Campo. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 88:

     Jten faser todo de nouo os peytorij́ns das ditas casas e poer jaztas e sobrejaztas, e rrecorrer o soyo dos sobrados das ditas casas.

     Item, to rebuild the parapets of the aforementioned houses, to put the bearers and the joists, and to lie down the planking of the upper floors

Related terms

• peito
• peitoral

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “peytor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “peitoril”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *pectorilis, *pectorile, from Latin pectus (“chest”). Compare Spanish pretil.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iw

Noun

peitoril m (plural peitoris)

1. (architecture) windowsill, sill, parapet

Synonyms

• (parapet): parapeito

Related terms

• peito
• peitoral