estopa

Attested circa 1295. From Latin stuppa (“tow”), from Ancient Greek στύππη (stúppē).

• IPA^(key): /esˈtopa̝/

estopa f (plural estopas)

1. tow (coarse fibre obtained as a crossproduct during flax processing)
   • c1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 856:

     Et osmarõ de fazer hũa balsa(ma) tamaña que atrauessasse o rrio de parte a parte, et que a enchessem toda de (b)ollas et de tinaias chẽas de fogo greguisco -et dizenllj en arauigo fogo d'algadrã - et rezina et pez et estopas

     They considered whether to build a raft, long enough to cross the river from side to side, and to fill it with balls and jars filled with Greek fire -which in Arab is called "fire of algadrán"- and resin and tar and tow

   • 1519, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 222:

     debo á muller de Vasco de Fonteelo una meada de liño e á Tereixa Gata quatro maçarocas destopa e a María d'Eygreja tres maçarocas

     I owe a skein of flax to Vasco de Fontelo's wife, and to Tereixa Gata four spindlefuls of tow and to María da Eigrexa three spindlefuls

   O home é lume e a muller estopa; vén o demo e sopra. ― Man is flame, woman is tow; along comes the devil to blow.

   (proverb)

2. (nautical) oakum (fibrous caulking material)

• poñer lume á estopa

• “estopa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “stopa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “estopa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “estopa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “estopa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Old Portuguese estopa, from Latin stuppa, from Ancient Greek στύππη (stúppē). Compare Spanish estopa and French étoupe.

• Hyphenation: es‧to‧pa

estopa m (plural estopas)

1. tow (an untwisted bundle of fibers)
2. (nautical) oakum (fibrous caulking material)

• não meter prego nem estopa

From Old Spanish estopa, from Latin stuppa, from Ancient Greek στύππη (stúppē).

• IPA^(key): /esˈtopa/, [esˈt̪opa]
• Hyphenation: es‧to‧pa

estopa f (plural estopas)

1. tow (an untwisted bundle of fibers)
2. (nautical) oakum (fibrous caulking material)