escollera

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Galician

Verb

escollera

  1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of escoller

Spanish

Etymology

From escollo (reef) +‎ -era.

Noun

escollera f (plural escolleras)

  1. breakwater
    • 2015 July 24, “El sutil Petrosián (XIX)”, in El País:
      Mañana (22.30) el magnífico equipo de Rafael Andarias representa en la escollera de Xàbia (Alicante) su tradicional joya veraniega, el Ajedrez Viviente; este año, con el tema Indios y Vaqueros, y la partida Kaspárov-Guélfand, Linares 1991.
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