Meaning of torno | Babel Free

Definitions

1. lathe
   masculine
2. turntable, lazy Susan
   masculine
3. winch
   masculine
4. place where the water of a ditch can be diverted to one place or another
   masculine
5. peg, pin
   masculine
6. screw
   masculine
7. spigot
   masculine
8. spout of a fountain
   masculine
9. immature mackerel (Scomber scombrus)
   masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“et da Torre do Ouro esso meesmo, cõ tra[bu]quetes que y tĩjnã, que os aqueixauã ademays, et cõ beestas de torno et de outras muytas maneyras”

And the same from the Torre del Oro [a castle in Seville]: they were attacking them with little catapults and winched crossbows, and in many other ways

“como os canos porque ben a augua aa praza do campo da dita çidade esten gardados e reparados en tal maneira que a augoa que por eles ben e ha de bir a os tornos da dita praça do campo”

that the ducts that bring the water to the Praza [Square] do Campo of this city must be guarded and repaired, so that the water that run along them should come to the spouts of the aforementioned Praza do Campo

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