mechinal
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Mozarabic [Term?], from Latin māchinālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /met͡ʃiˈnal/ [me.t͡ʃiˈnal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: me‧chi‧nal
Noun
mechinal m (plural mechinales)
- putlog hole (hole left in a wall for the insertion of a wooden beam)
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “maznar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 901
Further reading
- “mechinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014