foucegata
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Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]fouce (“sickle”) + gata (“cat”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]foucegata m (plural foucegatas)
- a polearm: kind of long shafted sickle with a back hook which was still in use during the early 20th century among the Galician peasants
- Synonym: bisarma
References
[edit]- “foucegata” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “foucegata” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “foucegata” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.