xarpellera

Catalan

Alternative forms

serpellera, serpillera

Etymology

Old Catalan enserpellar, eixerpellar, possibly from Latin scirpiculus (from scirpus (“bullrush”)) with the prefix ex-.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /ʃəɾ.pəˈʎe.ɾə/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ʃər.pəˈʎe.ɾə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaɾ.peˈʎe.ɾa/

Noun

xarpellera f (plural xarpelleres)

burlap, sackcloth
Synonym: arpillera

References

“xarpellera”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
“xarpellera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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