shicra

Spanish

Noun

shicra f (plural shicras)

1. a kind of gabion filled with plants, rocks and mud, used by the Caral-Supe civilization

Further reading

• “shicra”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010