mechinal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Mozarabic [Term?], from Latin māchinālis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /met͡ʃiˈnal/ [me.t͡ʃiˈnal]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: me‧chi‧nal

Noun

mechinal m (plural mechinales)

putlog hole (hole left in a wall for the insertion of a wooden beam)

References

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “maznar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 901

Further reading

“mechinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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