guillo

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps a back-formation from aguillar or from guillame.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡiʎo̝/

Noun

guillo m (plural guillos)

  1. each one of the several iron wedges used by stonemasons to fracture a rock

Derived terms
  • guilleira
  • guillote

References
  • “guillo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “guillo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “guillo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “guillo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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