noun, feminine/ˈkoʝa/plural: collas
A team of dockworkers or stevedores
Probably borrowed from Catalan colla.
/ˈkoʝa/
A team of dockworkers or stevedores
Probably borrowed from Catalan colla.
gorget (piece of armour for the throat)
Synonyms: gorjal, gorguera
Ultimately from Latin collum, however the o in place of the expected diphthong ue (compare inherited doublet cuello) implies borrowing from another Romance language; however, no other Romance language is known to have such a word with a similar sense.