zagata

See also: zágata and žagata

Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from zagacić.

Pronunciation

Noun

zagata f

  1. (Eastern Lublin, Hrubieszów) insulation (equipping the cottage for winter, covering the outside walls of the building with straw, couch grass, etc. using stakes driven into the ground)

Further reading

  • Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “zagata”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 267
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