barloa

Spanish

Etymology

From French par lof "through the windward side," from Middle Dutch loef (“windward side”).

Noun

barloa f (plural barloas)

a thick cable used to fasten an anchored ship to a wharf; hawser

Descendants

→ Portuguese: balroa

Further reading

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

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