buxón

Borrowed from Middle French bouchon (“bundle of hemp or foliage, oakum”).

• IPA^(key): /bu.ˈʃoŋ/

buxón m (plural buxóns)

1. cork, stopper, plug

   Synonym: rolla

2. scupper hole (a drainage hole on the bilge of a boat)

   Synonym: cadoira

3. lower edge of the chute (in a water mill)

• tirabuxón

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “buxón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega