chouso

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin clausus (“enclosed”). Compare Portuguese chouso, chousura and English close.

Adjective

chouso (feminine chousa, masculine plural chousos, feminine plural chousas)

  1. (archaic) enclosed, walled
  2. tight, narrow

Noun

chouso m (plural chousos)

  1. enclosed woodland
  2. enclosed pastures or orchard

Derived terms
  • Chouso

References
  • “chouso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “chouso” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “chouso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “chouso” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “chouso” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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