chouso

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin clausus (“enclosed”). Compare Portuguese chouso, chousura and English close.

Adjective

chouso (feminine chousa, masculine plural chousos, feminine plural chousas)

1. (archaic) enclosed, walled
2. tight, narrow

Noun

chouso m (plural chousos)

1. enclosed woodland
2. enclosed pastures or orchard

Derived terms

• Chouso

Related terms

• choer (“to enclose”)
• chousa
• chousume
• chousura
• conchouso

References

• “chouso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “chouso” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “chouso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “chouso” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “chouso” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.