gálibo
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Andalusian Arabic قَالِب (qálib), from Arabic قَالَب (qālab), قَالِب (qālib, “form, mold”), from Ancient Greek κᾱλοπόδιον (kālopódion, “shoemaker's last”). Doublet of calibre.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gálibo m (plural gálibos)
- (transport) an arch or similar structure used to determine the clearance of a moving vehicle (in a drive-through, a railway station, etc.)
Further reading
[edit]- “gálibo”, 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
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