Meaning of estopa | Babel Free

Definitions

1. tow (coarse fibre obtained as a crossproduct during flax processing)
   feminine
2. oakum (fibrous caulking material)
   feminine

Equivalents

Examples

“Mando o fiado daſ eſtopaſ que teño debaado a Maria Suarez τ a Tereyga τ Maria Martinz.”

“Et osmarõ de fazer hũa balsa(ma) tamaña que atrauessasse o rrio de parte a parte, et que a enchessem toda de (b)ollas et de tinaias chẽas de fogo greguisco -et dizenllj en arauigo fogo d'algadrã - et rezina et pez et estopas”

They considered whether to build a raft, long enough to cross the river from side to side, and to fill it with balls and jars filled with Greek fire -which in Arab is called "fire of algadrán"- and resin and tar and tow

“debo á muller de Vasco de Fonteelo una meada de liño e á Tereixa Gata quatro maçarocas destopa e a María d'Eygreja tres maçarocas”

I owe a skein of flax to Vasco de Fontelo's wife, and to Tereixa Gata four spindlefuls of tow and to María da Eigrexa three spindlefuls

“O feitizo está nos ollos dua nena de Padron: as nenas tamen feitizan à os cregos da inquisicion. Garridiñas, nos chegedes a os que manexan tizós, que a estopa cabe do fogo e vos ua tentacion.”

the charm is in the eyes of a girl form Padrón: the girls also charm the priests of the Inquisition. Beautiful ladies, don't come near the ones who handle the brand, because the tow by the fire it's too much of a temptation.

“algún caído en trelos desa natureza tamén compara co lume á beira das estopas.”

some who have fallen in these kind of affairs [romantic love] compare them to the fire by the tows

“O home é lume e a muller estopa; vén o demo e sopra.”

Man is flame, woman is tow; along comes the devil to blow.

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