restrelo

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Galician

Tools for dressing the flax (left: a restrelo)

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Etymology

Attested since 1459. From Latin rāstellus (rake). Cognate with Portuguese restelo and Spanish rastrillo.

Pronunciation

Noun

restrelo m (plural restrelos)

  1. hackle, hatchel
    • 1459, A. López Carreira, Fragmentos de notarios, doc. D40a:
      Hun saco cheo de farina triiga, tres peneyras, hun restrello, dous odres
      A sack full of wheat floor, three sieves, a hackle, two goatskins

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