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Meaning of doela | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
doˈɛla̝

Definitions

  1. stave (of barrels, casks, etc.)
    feminine
  2. wooden taste of a wine
    feminine, figuratively
  3. voussoir (one of a series of wedge-shaped bricks forming an arch or vault)
    feminine
  4. each one of the staves of wood or stone which conform the walls of an hórreo
    feminine

Equivalents

Català dovella
English Stave voussoir
Español dovela
Suomi holvikivi
Français voussoir
Polski kliniec
Português aduela

Examples

“1434, Anselmo López Carreira (ed.), Libro de Notas de Álvaro Afonso (1434), Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, d. 169”

[During the construction of the bridge of Ourense] you should pick and give a hundred yards of stone staves, which you should deliver carved; each yard of stone must measure four handspans, as measured by the belly of the stave

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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