coañeira

Galician edit

From coaño (“chaff”) +‎ -eira.

coañeira f (plural coañeiras)

broom used for sweeping the chaff out the threshing floor
Synonyms: coaña, coañadeira
conical top of a haystack
Synonym: curuto
place, usually by the house, for the traditional preparation of compost; midden
Synonym: estrumeira
- c. 1850, Florencio Pol, Baixaba os calzós Xacobo:
  Xunta ó monton nun cazolo
  è dicindo “Avemaria”
  arrebolo na cañeira
  he gathers the mound in a chamber pot
  and saying "Ave Maria"
  throws it in the midden
traditional compost prepared with chaff, brushwood and dung
Synonym: estrume
trash, waste, garbage; garbage can
Synonym: lixo

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