escarva
Galician
Dorna de escarva, Ribeira, Galicia
Etymology
From Old Norse skarfr (confer Swedish skarv "joint, extension").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈkaɾβa̝/
Noun
escarva f (plural escarvas)
- (nautical) clinker (overlapping construction)
- Synonym: calime
- (nautical) splicing, joint
Derived terms
- dorna de escarva
References
- “escarva” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.