tejuelo

From tejo (“quoit”) +‎ -uelo (“little”).

• IPA^(key): /teˈxwelo/ [t̪eˈxwe.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: te‧jue‧lo

tejuelo m (plural tejuelos)

1. small disk, small quoit
2. backbone title label (in bookbinding)
3. pillow block, pivot bearing (in mechanics)
4. sole of a hoof (in veterinary medicine)

• → Portuguese: tijolo

• “tejuelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28