gastallo

Perhaps a derivative of Proto-Germanic *kastô (“box”) + the suffix -allo;^[1] alternatively, a cognate of German Gestell (“rack, stand”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *stalljan (“to fix, to set”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡasˈtaʎo̝/

gastallo m (plural gastallos)

1. a notched log used to immobilize something
2. a clamp used to fix or immobilize something
3. a workbench, namely those used by basketeers and shoemakers

• engastallar (“to fix in position”)

• engastar (“to embed, enchase”)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gastallo”, 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), “gastallo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gastallo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN