fiador
English
editPronunciation
editNoun
editfiador (plural fiadors)
- (South America) A collar worn by a horse, immediately behind the head, to which a handle, strap, or rope may be attached.
- (Canada, US) In some styles of horse halter and bridle, an optional part similar to a throatlatch.
Usage notes
edit- In the western United States, fiador sometimes is rendered as Theodore, this rhyme reportedly in honor of Theodore Roosevelt.
References
edit- Segovia (1911) page 414
- Ashley Book of Knots (1944) p. 201
Anagrams
editOld Galician-Portuguese
editPronunciation
editNoun
editfiador m
Descendants
editFurther reading
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fiador. Compare Galician and Spanish fiador. By surface analysis, fiar + -dor.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: fi‧a‧dor
Noun
editfiador m (plural fiadores)
Spanish
editNoun
editfiador m (plural fiadores, feminine fiadora, feminine plural fiadoras)
- fastener, retainer, toggle, catch
- bondsman, surety, guarantor, bailor, backer
- safety strap (for securing a sword)
- neck collar (on a horse)
- fastening cord (of a cape or cloak), chinstrap
- catch, latch
- lock tumbler
- safety catch, rifle sear
- gutter hook (for fastening a gutter to a building)
- (colloquial) boy’s buttock
Quotations
edit- For quotations using this term, see Citations:fiador.
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “fiador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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