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ferrado.

shod, fitted with horseshoes

7 characters3 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

adj/feˈrado/[feˈra.ð̞ʊ]
  1. shod, fitted with horseshoes

  2. reinforced, strengthened with interior or exterior iron or steel supports

Where this word comes from

From Latin ferrātus (“ironed”), from ferrum (“iron”) + -ātus (“-ate”). As units of measure, from a clipping of Medieval Latin modius ferrātus. Although sometimes considered equivalent to the Spanish celemín, in fact typically about twice as large except as a unit of area.

noun/feˈrado/[feˈra.ð̞ʊ]
  1. ferrado, a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 12–18 L

    historical · masculine
  2. ferrado, a trapezoidal box formerly used for measuring ferrados of grain

    historical · masculine
  3. ferrado, a traditional unit of mass equal to the amount of a substance held by a ferrado, varying from about 12–20 kg depending on each substance's density, irregularity, &c.

    historical · masculine
  4. ferrado, a traditional unit of land area reckoned as the amount of land that could be sown with a ferrado of seed, varying from 64–725 m² in different parts of Galicia

    historical · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Latin ferrātus (“ironed”), from ferrum (“iron”) + -ātus (“-ate”). As units of measure, from a clipping of Medieval Latin modius ferrātus. Although sometimes considered equivalent to the Spanish celemín, in fact typically about twice as large except as a unit of area.

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