guardacabo

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to protect (originally)”) +‎ cabos (“end”).

Noun

guardacabo m (plural guardacabos)

1. (nautical) thimble (a metal ring which a cable or rope intended for attaching to other things is looped around as a protection against chafing)

Further reading

• “guardacabo”, 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