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Meaning of penal | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
peˈnal

Definitions

  1. shorter, lateral wall of a house
    masculine
  2. prison
    masculine
  3. supporting wall
    masculine
  4. each one of the slabs which tops a wall to protect it from the rain
    masculine
  5. eaves
    masculine

Equivalents

English Eaves wall

Examples

“huna estrema de boa parede des lo canto mays de baixo do penal da dita casa […] asta huna crus (+) que asignalamos e fezemos por marqua e deuision enna parede da orta de vos o dito liçençiado e vosos yrmâôs”

[We shall build] a boundary, made of good wall, from the extreme of the lateral wall of that house […] till a cross (+) that we have signalled and done as mark and division in the wall of the garden that belongs to you, the aforementioned lawyer, and to your brothers

CEFR level

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

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