pestana.
eyelash (one of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids)
Meaning & usage
eyelash (one of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids)
nap (short period of sleep)
nut (a small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard of string instruments that holds the strings)
barre chord (type of chord where a finger presses multiple strings)
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese pestana, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Galician pestana, Mirandese pestanha, Asturian and Spanish pestaña and Catalan pestanya.
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