sortilla
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sorticula (“small object for casting lots”), diminutive of sors (“fate”). Cognate with Galician sortella, Spanish sortija.
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sortilla f (plural sortilles)
- the ring used in ring jousting
- ring jousting (a mediaeval and modern sport where horseback riders try to speak a hanging ring with a lance or pole)
- a type of carnival game in which a person uses a pole to fish for fruit in a tank
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Further reading edit
- “sortilla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.