cachote

Galician

FWOTD – 19 November 2013

Etymology

From cacho (“piece, fragment”) +‎ -ote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ˈt͡ʃɔ.te̝/

Noun

cachote m (plural cachotes)

1. a piece of stone used to build a dry-stone structure

   Synonyms: cascallo, entullo, rebo

   • 1948, Revista de Guimarães, volumes 58-60, page 303:

     […] , e de chachote mais miudo e menos labrado o interior, […]

     […] , and the interior of smaller and less worked stone, […]

2. a blow to the head

Derived terms

• cachotaría

References

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