ferrollo

13th century. From an original Old Galician-Portuguese verrolho (under the influence of ferro (“iron”)), from Vulgar Latin *verruculum, from Latin vericulum, diminutive of verū (“dart”). Compare the development of Portuguese ferrolho. Cf. also that of Spanish cerrojo.

• IPA^(key): /feˈroʎo̝/

ferrollo m (plural ferrollos)

1. bolt (sliding pin or bar in a lock)
   • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 720:

     Et tã rrigeos entrarom pela porta da villa que quebrou a perna al rrey de Portugal, ẽno ferrollo da porta da vila

     And they entered by the town's door which such vehemence that the king of Portugal broke a leg in the bolt of the door

   Synonym: tranca

   • 1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 117:

     des moravedis por hũa fechadura et hũu ferrollo

     ten moravedis for a lock and a bolt

2. keyhole

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ferrollo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “ferrollo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ferrollo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ferrollo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ferrollo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN