guillo

Unknown. Perhaps a back-formation from aguillar or from guillame.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiʎo̝/

guillo m (plural guillos)

1. each one of the several iron wedges used by stonemasons to fracture a rock

• guilleira
• guillote

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• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “guillo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “guillo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN