barloa

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French par lof "through the windward side," from Middle Dutch loef (“windward side”).

Noun

barloa f (plural barloas)

1. a thick cable used to fasten an anchored ship to a wharf; hawser

Descendants

• → Portuguese: balroa

Further reading

• “barloa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10