guadalmecin

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Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic غَدَامِسِيّ (ḡadāmisiyy, Ghadamesian), from غَدَامِس (ḡadāmis, Ghadames).

Pronunciation

Noun

guadalmecin m (usually uncountable)

  1. wrought leather; painted and decorated leather hangings
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 19v:
      [] ⁊ cueros de guadalmeçin bermeios. E cueros de rudari. ⁊ mađos de cedros poral taƀnaculo.
      and red wrought leather, and badger skins and wood of cedars for the Tabernacle.

Descendants

  • Spanish: guadamecí, guadamecil