mozo de cordel

Spanish

Noun

mozo de cordel m (plural mozos de cordel)

1. (historical) A porter who carried a rope, and was available to hire by the general public for transporting of heavy goods in general

   Synonym: mozo de cuerda

Further reading

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