pestell

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pestellus, diminutive of Late Latin pestulus, alteration of Latin pessulus. Cognate with Spanish pestillo.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəsˈteʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pesˈteʎ], [pasˈteʎ]

pestell m (plural pestells)

1. bolt, latch (of a lock)

   Synonym: llisquet

2. thumbpiece (of a gun)

• “pestell”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pestell” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “pestell”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

pestell

1. alternative form of pestel