toldo.
awning, (loosely) canopy
Meaning & usage
awning, (loosely) canopy
lean-to, wigwam (a simple structure made by indigenous people as housing)
tarp; tarpaulin
Where this word comes from
Apparently from Old French tialz (“area between the stern and mainmast, awning”), borrowed from Old Norse tjald or another Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *teldą. See also Middle Dutch telt, Old High German zelt and Old Norse tjald. Cognate with English tilt (“tent fabric and covering”).
first-person singular present indicative of toldar
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