baixel
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Attested since 14th century; from Old Catalan vaixell, from Latin vascellum. Doublet of vaixela. Compare also Spanish bajel.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
baixel m (plural baixeis)
- (nautical, historical) a vessel
- 1384, M. A. Comesaña Martínez, editor, O tombo do Hospital e Ermida de santa María do Camiño de Pontevedra, Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 99:
- nao ou baixel ou outro navio que a esta villa viesen que trouxese sal des huun milleyro e medio de sal arriba que lles desen tres faneigas grandes de sal aos ditos lazerados
- carrack or vessel or other ship that to this town came bringing salt, from a thousand and a half of salt up, they shall give three large bushels of salt to said lepers