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bancal

bancal noun: an ornamental covering, as of carpet or leather, for a bench or form.

Noun

bancal (plural bancales)

  1. An ornamental covering, as of carpet or leather, for a bench or form.
    • A few rich settles and bancals, choicely carved and decorated with glazed leather hangings of the sort termed or basané, completed the furniture of the apartment.1894, Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company, page 217

Proper noun capitalized: Bancal

Bancal

  1. A barangay of Botolan, Zambales, Philippines.
  2. A barangay of Meycauayan, Bulacan, Philippines.

Forms of bancal

pluralbancales

Origin of bancal

From Spanish; see abancalar.

Questions about bancal

What does bancal mean?
Bancal means an ornamental covering, as of carpet or leather, for a bench or form.
What part of speech is bancal?
Bancal can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of bancal?
The plural of bancal is bancales.

Words near bancal in the dictionary

  1. Banbury tales
  2. Banbury tart
  3. Banbury tarts
  4. banc
  5. banca
  6. bancal
  7. bancales
  8. Bancao-bancao
  9. bancas
  10. Bancasi
  11. bancassurance

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