cachote

From cacho (“piece, fragment”) +‎ -ote.

• IPA^(key): /ka.ˈt͡ʃɔ.te̝/

cachote m (plural cachotes)

1. a piece of stone used to build a dry-stone structure

   Synonyms: cascallo, entullo, rebo

   • 1948, Revista de Guimarães, volumes 58-60, page 303:

     […] , e de chachote mais miudo e menos labrado o interior, […]

     […] , and the interior of smaller and less worked stone, […]

2. a blow to the head

• cachotaría

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cachote”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cachote”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cachote”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN