cobertoira

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Galician

A head yoke with cobertoiras

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin coopertōrium.

Pronunciation

Noun

cobertoira f (plural cobertoiras)

  1. covering
  2. lid
  3. pelt which covers the oxen head when yoked

References

  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (20062022) “cobertoira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • cobertoira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • cobertoira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • cobertoira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.