folello

15th century. From Vulgar Latin *folliclus, contracted form of Latin folliculus, diminutive form of follis (“purse, sack”). Compare the borrowed doublet folículo.

Cognate with Spanish hollejo.

• IPA^(key): /foˈleʎo̝/

folello m (plural folellos)

1. (dated) skin or membrane in between organs
   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 95:

     Se se faz o inchaço dos colloos por rrazon dos entestinos que caen eno messen, que he huun follello dontre elles et os colloõs

     if there is inflammation in the testicles because of the intestines that fall in the mesentery, i.e., the membrane in between them and the testicles

2. corn husk

   Synonyms: casula, follato, pena

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “follello”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “folello”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “folello”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN