telliz

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تِلِّيس (tillīs).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /teˈʝiθ/ [t̪eˈʝiθ] (most of Spain)
  • IPA(key): /teˈʎiθ/ [t̪eˈʎiθ] (rural northern Spain)
 
 
  • IPA(key): /teˈʃis/ [t̪eˈʃis] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /teˈʒis/ [t̪eˈʒis] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Noun

telliz m (plural tellices)

  1. horse blanket, saddlecloth, caparison
    Synonym: caparazón
    • 1638, Tirso de Molina, Las quinas de Portugal 1.8:
      ¿Qué le deje cuando adoro
      marfil de quien funda fué?
      Cifraré en él mis venturas,
      y ya que la mano no,
      el telliz que la cubrió,
      urna de cinco hermosuras,
      plantel de tanta mosqueta,
      ocaso de tanto sol,
      nube de tanto arrebol,
      aljaba á tanta saeta,
      mi esperanza de él vestida
      será mi mayor tesoro.
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