petrecho
Portuguese
Noun
petrecho m (plural s)
- Obsolete form of apetrecho.
- (military, archaic) Materiel.
- 1816 March 26, Gazeta de Lisboa, number 74, page 3:
- ...a praça se achava sufficientemente fornecida de artilheria, munições e mais petrechos de guerra...
- ...the plaza was well furnished with artillery, munitions and other materiel...
- (law, chiefly in the plural) Paraphernalia, especially when used in the commission of a crime (e.g., drug paraphernalia, burglar's tools).
- (fishing, chiefly in the plural) Any apparatus used for fishing or angling; gear, tackle.