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Meaning of poial | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
ˈpojal

Definitions

  1. stone bench annexed to a house
  2. sill, windowsill
  3. block; perpend stone
  4. stone platform designed to rest loads along a way

Equivalents

English block perpend stone Sill Windowsill
Español perpiaño
Français parpaing
Português perpianho

Examples

“Et as rruas erã moy grãdes, de hũa parte et da outra, et erã feytas per grande engeño, et erã de suso cubertas de bóueda, et juso erã estradas per poyaes de boa pedra laurada”

And the streets were wide, in one side and the other, and were made with great ingenuity, and they were vaulted in the ceiling, and down they were paved with blocks of good worked stone

CEFR level

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