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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish arrastre.
Noun
arrastra (plural arrastras)
- A device formerly used by gold-miners for grinding auriferous quartz, crudely resembling a mortar and pestle, with the crushing element dragged around by horse or mule.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈrastɾa/
- Rhymes: -astɾa
- Syllabification: a‧rras‧tra
Verb
arrastra
- inflection of arrastrar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative