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toldo

Pronunciation: /ˈtoldo/

“toldo” is a Spanish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. awning, (loosely) canopy
  2. lean-to, wigwam (a simple structure made by indigenous people as housing)
  3. tarp; tarpaulin

In Spanish

  1. Cubierta de tela que se tiende para hacer sombra.
  2. Choza primitiva de estacas, ramas, tótoras y pieles de animales.

Etymology

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”).

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