Meaning of fuste | Babel Free

Definitions

1. wood, timber
   masculine
2. wooden shaft
   masculine
3. shaft
   masculine
4. cask; large container for liquids
   masculine
5. large vat for transporting grapes
   masculine
6. wooden pincers used for manipulating chestnuts
   in-plural, masculine

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Examples

“prouarõ tres escaleyras de fuste et acharõnas curtas; et desi atarõnas a hũa cõ a outra et deytarõnas a hũa torre”

they tried three wooden ladders but found them too short; and so they tied them together and leant them against a tower

“et daqui veẽo despoys cõ todaslas sutelezas a carpentaria de labrar de fuste”

and from this later came, with every subtlety, the carpentry of working wood

“et hua caldeyra et huum caldeyroon et huas greelas et huum speto de ferro et huum acetere et hua arameña et huas Gramalleyras et das outras perfeas de casa todos los bacios et escudelas et talladores et salseyros de fuste que ouuer na casa et hua mesa”

and a cauldron, and a bucket, and a grill, and a skewer of iron, and a jug, and a pot of cooper, and a trammel; and of the rest of domestic ware, every bucket, and bowl, and plate, and saucer of wood that is in the house, and a table

“Et dérõsse anbos tã grandes colpes, cõ toda sua força, que os ferros et os fustes das lanças seýrõ da outra parte”

And both hit each other so hard, with all their strength, that the irons and shafts of the spears came out on the other side

“1459, Lucas Alvarez, Manuel & Justo Martín, María José (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 436”

and you and your successors shall take my share of the aforementioned wine to the aforementioned place of Saxasende, using your oxen and cart; and I and my successors shall give the cask prepared for its transport

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