covado

English

Etymology

From Portuguese côvado, from Old Galician-Portuguese côbedo, from Latin cubitum (“cubit”). Doublet of cubit and codo.

Noun

covado (plural covados)

  1. (historical, measure) A traditional Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 0.6 meters and approximating the length of a forearm and hand.

Usage notes

The notional covado (côvado craveiro) of 24 polegadas was previously lengthened by 8 linhas (3⁄4 polegada) for the long covado (côvado avantejado) in some commercial contexts.

Synonyms
  • Portuguese cubit, cubit (in Portuguese contexts)

Coordinate terms
  • dedo (1⁄36 covado), polegada (1⁄24 covado), palmo (1⁄3 covado), Portuguese foot (1⁄2 covado), vara (1+2⁄3 covados), passo (2+1⁄2 covados), toesa (3 covados), braça (3+1⁄3 côvados)
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