Meanings (ES + gloss)
moza • pala de lavar
A wooden paddle-shaped bat or beetle used to wash clothes by beating, stirring, or smoothing them.
The laundry process of the time [1665] consisted of boiling textiles with lye or soap and then beating them with a battledore, a rustic version of a cricket bat.
There is a large basin near the fountain, where numbers of women may be seen every day, kneeling at the edge of the water, and beating the clothes with heavy pieces of wood in the…
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