jarcia

Spanish

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek ἐξάρτια (exártia), plural of ἐξάρτιον (exártion), from Ancient Greek ἐξαρτίζω (exartízō). Compare Catalan xarxa (“net”), Italian sartia.

Pronunciation

Noun

jarcia f (plural jarcias)

  1. (nautical) rigging
    • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
      Ya no se movió más sino con movimientos pequeños; y en su convulsión postrera, temblaban las rotas jarcias; y el mastelero de trinquete con la doble cruz formada por las vergas se doblaba como un báculo roto.
      He no longer moved except with small movements; and in his last convulsion the broken rigging trembled; and the ratchet mast with the double cross formed by the yards bent like a broken staff.
  2. fishing tackle

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