barloa

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French par lof "through the windward side," from Middle Dutch loef (“windward side”).

Noun

barloa f (plural barloas)

1. a thick cable used to fasten an anchored ship to a wharf; hawser

Descendants

• → Portuguese: balroa

Further reading

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