caneiro

Galician
Extreme of a caneiro at A Tolda, Lugo, on the Minho river
Old caneiro ad Conturiz, Lugo, on the Minho river

Etymology

14th century. Cana (“cane, reed”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaˈnejɾo̝/

Noun

caneiro m (plural caneiros)

  1. weir; dam on a river, for servicing a fishery or a mill
    • 1438, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 124:
      os ditos juises e rejedores et procurador do dito conçello ordenaron e mandaron que persona nenhua non fesese caneyros des onde se junta ágoa da Baruaña ao muyño, fasta en todo o rio da Barbaña, so pena de los derribaran e os desfaseren et pagaren por cada vez que os fisesen sesenta mrs de pena
      the aforementioned judges and town councillors and the council's attorney decided and commanded that no person should build weirs from the place where the water of the river Barbaña hits the mill all along the Barbaña river, under the penalty of bringing them down, and destroying them, and paying a fine of sixty maravedis for each time
    Synonyms: canal, pesqueira
  2. drain in a wall
    Synonym: agüeiro
  3. gutter
  4. narrow pass

Derived terms
  • Caneiro

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