scissors rafter (architecture) 2 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Galician
lexeme tesoira
meaning 1 scissors
direction
meaning 2 rafter (architecture)
reference DRAG DDDDLG
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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

ACCEPTED 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
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