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Meaning of orela | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
oˈɾɛla

Definitions

  1. border, rim, limit
  2. shore, bank
  3. popular denomination of the risen perimeter of the local Iron Age hill-forts

Equivalents

English bank border limit Rim shore

Examples

“1307, M. Lucas Álvarez & P. Lucas Domínguez (eds.), El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos. Sada/A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 440”

a silver chalice of a mark and a half, which should be carved and gilded on its rims

“ourela do rrio”

bank of the river

CEFR level

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