fuste

13th century. From Latin fūstis (“staff, club”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuste̝/

fuste m (plural fustes)

1. wood, timber
   • c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 27:

     et daqui veẽo despoys cõ todaslas sutelezas a carpentaria de labrar de fuste

     and from this it later came, with every subtlety, the carpentry of working the wood

   • 1375, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 380:

     et hua caldeyra et huum caldeyroon et huas greelas et huum speto de ferro et huum acetere et hua arameña et huas Gramalleyras et das outras perfeas de casa todos los bacios et escudelas et talladores et salseyros de fuste que ouuer na casa et hua mesa

     and a cauldron, and a bucket, and a grill, and a skewer of iron, and a jug, and a pot of cooper, and a trammel; and of the rest of domestic ware, every bucket, and bowl, and plate, and saucer of wood that is in the house, and a table

   Synonyms: leña, madeira, pau

2. wooden shaft
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 221:

     Et dérõsse anbos tã grandes colpes, cõ toda sua força, que os ferros et os fustes das lanças seýrõ da outra parte

     And both hitted so hardly each other, with all their strengths, that the irons and shafts of the spears came out in the other side

3. (architecture) shaft

   Synonym: cana

4. cask; large container for liquids
   • 1459, Lucas Alvarez, Manuel & Justo Martín, María José (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 436:

     et avedes vos et vosas vozes de leuar o meu quinon do dito viño ao dito lugar de Sajasende en vosos bois et carro; et eu et minas vozes eyuos de dar o fuste apostado para el en que o tragades

     and you and your successors shall take my share of the aforementioned wine to the aforementioned place of Saxasende, using your oxen and cart; and me and my successors shall give the cask prepared for its transport

   Synonyms: barril, bocoi, pipa, tonel

5. large vat for transporting grapes
6. (in the plural) wooden pincers used for manipulating chestnuts

• barafustar
• fusta
• fustalla
• fustriga
• fustrigar

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

fūste

1. ablative singular of fūstis

fuste f (plural fustes)

1. small boat

From Latin fustis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuste/, [ˈfust̪e]

fuste m (plural fustes)

1. (architecture) shaft
2. importance
3. wood, timber

• afuste

• fusta

• “fuste” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.