buxón
Galician
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French bouchon (“bundle of hemp or foliage, oakum”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbuxón m (plural buxóns)
- cork, stopper, plug
- Synonym: rolla
- scupper hole (a drainage hole on the bilge of a boat)
- Synonym: cadoira
- lower edge of the chute (in a water mill)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “buxón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega