pretil

parapet (low wall); synonym of poyo (“bench”)

“Vivimos en el borde de un abismo y el arte nos permite poner frágiles pretiles ante la nada.” — We live on the edge of an abyss, and art allows us to place fragile walls against the nothingness.

Metathesis of older petril, from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *pectōrīlis, *pectōrīle, from Latin pectus (“chest”). Compare Portuguese peitoril.