foucegata

Galician

Etymology

fouce (“sickle”) +‎ gata (“cat”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [fowθeˈɣatɐ]

Noun

foucegata m (plural foucegatas)

a polearm: kind of long shafted sickle with a back hook which was still in use during the early 20th century among the Galician peasants
Synonym: bisarma

References

“foucegata” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“foucegata” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“foucegata” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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