canzorro

Galician

Romanesque canzorros (corbels), San Pedro de Rebón, Moraña

A balcony sustained by canzorros

canzorro

Alternative forms

cazurro

Etymology

From can (“dog”).[1] Compare also Portuguese cachorro.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kanˈθorʊ]

Noun

canzorro m (plural canzorros)

(architecture) corbel
(architecture) modillion

References

“canzorro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“canzorro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“canzorro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “can”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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