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English
Etymology
From Spanish; see abancalar.
Noun
bancal (plural bancales)
- An ornamental covering, as of carpet or leather, for a bench or form.
1894, Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company, page 217:A few rich settles and bancals, choicely carved and decorated with glazed leather hangings of the sort termed or basané, completed the furniture of the apartment.
Catalan
Etymology
From banc (“bench”) + -al.
Pronunciation
Noun
bancal m (plural bancals)
- storage bench
- Synonyms: arquibanc, caixabanc
- a piece of carpet or cloth covering furniture
- bed, plot, terrace, parcel (agricultural)
- Synonym: feixa
- predella
Further reading
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Occitan bancal, from Medieval Latin bancālis, from the base of Proto-Germanic *bankiz + -alis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
bancal (feminine bancale, masculine plural bancals, feminine plural bancales)
- bow-legged, bandy-legged (of person)
- rickety, wobbly (of table etc.)
- shaky, unclear, illogical
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 14th century. From banco (“bench”) + -al.
Pronunciation
Noun
bancal m (plural bancais)
- bancal
- 1326, López Ferreiro, Antonio (ed.): Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 295:
mando esta mia cama assy como iaz con sous panos et con suas cortinas et ceo et con sous alfamares et con los outros destalos que eu trago comunalmente pela terra et con vn pano uerde et un tapete sen bançaes- I bequeath this my bed, as it is, with its clothes and with its curtains and ceiling and with its quilts and with the other rugs that I have usually in the ground and with a green cloth and a tablecloth, no bancals
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bancal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bançaes”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bancal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bancal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bancal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Noun
bancal m (plural bancales)
- plot (of land, for planting)
Further reading
Anagrams
Venetian
Noun
bancal m (plural bancałi)
- pallet
- sill, windowsill