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Galician
Etymology
From cacho (“piece, fragment”) + -ote.
Pronunciation
Noun
cachote m (plural cachotes)
- a piece of stone used to build a dry-stone structure
- Synonyms: cascallo, entullo, rebo
1948, Revista de Guimarães, volumes 58-60, page 303:[…] , e de chachote mais miudo e menos labrado o interior, […]- , and the interior of smaller and less worked stone,
- a blow to the head
Derived terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cachote”, 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), “cachote”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cachote”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN