Galician

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Etymology

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Attested as vanzado from the 15th century: banzo (crossbar; board) +‎ -ado. Cognate with Asturian banzáu.

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Noun

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banzado m (plural banzados)

  1. millpond; mill dam
    • 1431, M. M. Graña Cid (ed.), Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500). Separata de Estudios Mindonienses, page 343:
      commo topa en no rio contra as presas dos muynos et vanzado da dita ferraria
      as it delimits by the river by the dams of the mills and pond of the aforementioned smithery
    Synonym: cubo
  2. partition wall
    Synonym: taboado
  3. wattle
    Synonym: canizo
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