tramallo

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *trimaculum.[1] Cognate with French tremail, Italian tramaglio, English trammel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɾaˈmaʎʊ]

Noun

tramallo m (plural tramallos)

  1. trammel fishing net
  2. gillnet, or set of gillnets

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “malla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos