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Meaning of escano | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[esˈkanʊ]

Definitions

  1. bench with backrest
    masculine
  2. bier, kind of stretcher used for moving and holding a corpse
    dated, masculine

Equivalents

العربية جنازة
Bosanski bar одар
Čeština katafalk máry
Cymraeg elor
Deutsch Bahre
English Bier
Gàidhlig giùlan
हिन्दी अरथी
Hrvatski bar одар
Magyar ravatal
Italiano barella catafalco
Kurdî bar
Te Reo Māori atamira
Nederlands baar lijkbaar
Polski katafalk mary
Română catafalc năsălie
Српски bar одар
Svenska bar
Kiswahili jeneza

Examples

“Poys que elles forõ ydos, fezo dõna Lanbra poer hũu escano en meo de seu curral, guisado et cuberto de panos com̃o para morto.”

After they were gone, Lady Lanbra ordered to put a bier in the middle of her yard, prepared and covered with clothes as if prepared for a dead person

CEFR level

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

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