foucegata
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]fouce (“sickle”) + gata (“cat”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]foucegata m (plural foucegatas)
- a polearm: kind of long shafted sickle with a back hook which was still in use during the early 20th century among the Galician peasants
- Synonym: bisarma
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “foucegata”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “foucegata”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “foucegata”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN