Meaning of marra | Babel Free

Definitions

1. maul, sledgehammer
   feminine
2. lack, shortage
   dated, feminine
3. hoe
   archaic, feminine
4. Equivalent to 'Sledgehammer': A hammer that consists of a large, heavy, broad and flat block of metal (the head) attached to a handle typically 0.5 meter to 1 meter long.

Equivalents

Examples

“que page por esta medida cada lavrador que labrar con dous boys des e oyto medidas arrapadas e o que lavrar con huun boy nove medidas et o que lavrar con amarra tres medidas”

each peasant should pay by this measure: the one ploughing with two oxen, eighteen levelled measures; the one ploughing with one, nine measures; the one ploughing with a hoe, three

“que ouuo senpre de custume de non meter vinno de fora parte en esta vila et saluo que os visinnos da villa ouueren de sua lauoria et sua marra”

because it was the custom of this town not to introduce wine from the outside, except if the neighbours needed it and lacked it

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