scissors rafter (architecture) 2 realizations
NEW Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Galician
Lexeme tesoira
Meaning 1 scissors
Direction
Meaning 2 rafter (architecture)
Reference DRAG DDDDLG
Comment

Attested from 1402. From Latin tonsōria (forfex), from tōnsor 'hair cutter', from tondeō 'I shear'

Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. http://ilg.usc.gal/tesouro/en/search#search=normal&mode=lema&q=tesoira

NEW Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Portuguese
Lexeme tesoura
Meaning 1 scissors
Direction
Meaning 2 a type of truss (framework of beams forming a rigid structure) used in rooves
Reference DPLP
Comment