buxón
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French bouchon (“bundle of hemp or foliage, oakum”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu.ˈʃoŋ/
Noun
buxón m (plural buxóns)
- cork, stopper, plug
- Synonym: rolla
- scupper hole (a drainage hole on the bilge of a boat)
- Synonym: cadoira
- lower edge of the chute (in a water mill)
Derived terms
- tirabuxón
References
- “buxón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.