restrelo

Galician

Tools for dressing the flax (left: a restrelo)

Alternative forms

• restelo

Etymology

Attested since 1459. From Latin rāstellus (“rake”). Cognate with Portuguese restelo and Spanish rastrillo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /resˈtɾelo̝/

Noun

restrelo m (plural restrelos)

1. hackle, hatchel
   • 1459, A. López Carreira, Fragmentos de notarios, doc. D40a:

     Hun saco cheo de farina triiga, tres peneyras, hun restrello, dous odres

     A sack full of wheat floor, three sieves, a hackle, two goatskins

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rastrelo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “restrelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “restrelo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “restrelo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.