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Etymology 1
From plom + -ada.
Noun
plomada f (plural plomades)
- plumb line
- weights (of a fishing net)
Etymology 2
From ploma + -ada.
Noun
plomada f (plural plomades)
- quillfull (amount of ink held by a quill)
- (by extension, figurative) penstroke
1959, Rafael Gay de Montellà, Llibre del Rosselló:La Revolució del 1792 va destruir d'una plomada aqueixa complicada desigualtat de classes.- The Revolution of 1792 destroyed that complicated class inequality with a stroke of a pen.
- (figurative) line (short spell of writing)
Etymology 3
From plomar + -ada.
Noun
plomada f (plural plomades)
- plucking
Participle
plomada f sg
- feminine singular of plomat
2005, Joan-Daniel Bezsonoff i Montalat, “Les amnèsies de Déu”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):França havia perdut la guerra però l'àguila germànica havia quedat plomada.- France had lost the war but the Germanic eagle had got plucked.
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Spanish
Noun
plomada f (plural plomadas)
- plumb line
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