gastallo

Perhaps a derivative of Proto-Germanic *kastô (“box”) + the suffix -allo;[1] alternatively, a cognate of German Gestell (“rack, stand”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *stallijaną (“to fix, to set”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡasˈtaʎo̝/

gastallo m (plural gastallos)

1. a notched log used to immobilize something.
2. a clamp used to fix or immobilize something.
3. a workbench, namely those used by basketeers and shoemakers.

• engastallar (“to fix in position”)

• engastar (“to embed, enchase”)

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