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Galician
Etymology
From galla (“prong”) + -eiro, ≈ "pronged".
Pronunciation
Adjective
galleiro (feminine galleira, masculine plural galleiros, feminine plural galleiras)
- (of cattle) having long and separate horns
Derived terms
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Noun
galleiro m (plural galleiros)
- a pronged element used for hanging and curing sausages and other meat or fish, of for storing and protecting bread from vermin
- (nautical) crutch
References
- “galleiro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “galleiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “galleiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “galleiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.