caneleira

Attested since 1361. From canela (“shin; cane”) +‎ -eira. Cognate with Portuguese caneleira and Spanish canillera.

• IPA^(key): [kanɛˈlejɾɐ]

caneleira f (plural caneleiras)

1. (historical) greave
   • 1361, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 92:

     et huun lorigom, por que me dauan oyto centos moravedís et huuns coxotes e huas caneleyras, quer çento e quareenta moravedís

     and a chain mail, valued in 800 maravedis, and a pair of tassets and of greaves, 140 maravedis

2. shinguard
3. shinpad

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “caneleyra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “canel”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “caneleira”, 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), “caneleira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “caneleira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From canela +‎ -eira.

• Hyphenation: ca‧ne‧lei‧ra

caneleira f (plural caneleiras)

1. shinguard (piece of apparel to protect the shin)
2. (uncountable) cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

• canela