cabezal

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician cabeçal (synchronically cabeza + -al). Cognate with Spanish cabezal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaβeˈθal/, (western) /kaβeˈsal/

Noun

cabezal m (plural cabezais)

  1. halter
    Synonyms: cabresto, trenla
  2. pillow (a soft, usually square, cushion used to support the head in bed)
    • 1375, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 380:
      It. mando a estevayna boa moller hua cama de Roupa que seia hua Coçedra et huun almadraque et hua colcha et dous cabeçaes
      Item, I bequeath Estevaíña, good woman, a bedding, which is a feather mattress and a large mattress and a quilt and two pillows
    Synonyms: almofada, traveseiro
  3. (archaic, law) executor
    • 1309, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310), Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, vol III page 1283:
      Item mando que aquel deste testamento for meu cabeçal, que aya poder de vender a mia herdade de Paderne
      Item, I order that the executor of this, my will, has the power to sell my property in Paderne

References

  • cabeçal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • cabeça” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • cabezal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • cabezal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • cabezal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Noun

cabezal m (plural cabezales)

  1. head (of a mechanism)
  2. headrest (in a car); small pillow
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