alcanzia
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editBorrowed from Arabic اَلْكَنْزِيَّة (al-kanziyya, “treasure; stacking; amass”), from كَنْز (kanz, “treasure”), from an Iranian language; compare Persian گنج (ganj) and Old Median *ganza-bara-.
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editalcanzia f (plural alcanzias)
- (historical) a small earthen ball filled with flowers, ashes and colourful strips thrown by horsemen at each other during jousts
- 1984, Niomar de Souza Pereira, Cavalhadas no Brasil: de cortejo a cavalo a lutas de Mouros e Cristãos, Escola de Folclore, page 22:
- […] , que carregam, nos surrões de couro, as lanças, postes de argolinha, cabeças de massa, alcanzias etc.
- […] , that they carry, in leather bags, the lances, hoop posts, mortar heads, earthen balls, etc.
- (historical) an earthen grenade
- 1865, Memorias da Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa, volume 3, part 2, page 41:
- Continuavam os inimigos a deitar no cavalleiro immensas panellas e alcanzias de polvora, […]
- The enemies kept hurling huge pans and grenades with gunpowder at the knight, […]
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