petrecho

Portuguese

Noun

petrecho m (plural petrechos)

  1. obsolete form of apetrecho
  2. (military, archaic) materiel
    • 1816 March 26, Gazeta de Lisboa, number 74, page 3:
      ...a praça se achava sufficientemente fornecida de artilheria, munições e mais petrechos de guerra...
      ...the plaza was well furnished with artillery, munitions and other materiel...
  3. (law, chiefly in the plural) paraphernalia, especially when used in the commission of a crime (e.g., drug paraphernalia, burglar's tools)
  4. (fishing, chiefly in the plural) any apparatus used for fishing or angling; gear, tackle
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