cadabullo

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from cavadullo, from cavar (to dig, hoe); or rather from Latin capitolium, from caput (head).

Pronunciation

Noun

cadabullo m (plural cadabullos)

  1. headland, unplowed boundary of a field
    Synonyms: comareiro, testada
  2. furrows made in the extremes of a farm plot, transversally to the other furrows
  3. clog; lump
    Synonym: baloco

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “cada I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos