sequeiro

Galician

Etymology

From seco (dry) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈkejɾo̝/

Noun

sequeiro m (plural sequeiros)

  1. a room or installation used for drying wood or nuts
    • 1438, Manuel Lucas Álvarez, Pedro Lucas Domínguez, editors, El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro y su colección diplomática en la Edad Media, Sada: Ediciós do Castro, page 226:
      que vos aforamos o nosso lugar de Souto do Rego [...] con tal condiçon que façades hy hun sequeyro e que o tenades cuberto e ben reparado
      we loan to you our place named Souto do Rego (Chestnut wood by the stream) [...] on the condition that you should build a dryer there, and you should keep it repaired and roofed
  2. a dry terrain

Derived terms

  • Sequeiro
  • Sequeiros
  • Sequeirós

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