espinel

English

Noun

espinel (plural espinels)

1. Alternative form of spinel

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “espinel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Lepines, pensile, sleep in, sleep-in

Spanish

Noun

espinel m (plural espineles)

1. trotline (long fishing line)
   • 2016 October 25, “Decomisan espineles, redes y armas en Ñeembucú”, in ABC Color‎^[1]:

     El representante de la SEAM, Javier Encina, con personal de la Prefectura Naval y agentes de la Policía Nacional procedió al decomiso de redes, espineles y armas de fuego durante operativo de control en el río Tebicuary.

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Further reading

• “espinel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28