langa de madera

English translation: wooden stile

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Spanish term or phrase:langa de madera
English translation:wooden stile
Entered by: Donovan Libring

23:27 Sep 28, 2007
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Forestry / Wood / Timber
Spanish term or phrase: langa de madera
This comes from a hiking guide.

Context:

Siguiendo adelante nos encontramos con un tercer puente sobre una vaguada junto a una alambrada que hay que franquear. Se sigue por la pista principal dejando un camino a la izquierda 23 . Tras superar un repecho, al poco rato se cruza una langa de madera y enseguida se confluye con un camino que procede de un terreno privado.
Donovan Libring
Local time: 23:02
wooden stile
Explanation:
In the UK at least, the various contraptions used within a fence to let people through, but not animals, are called stiles.
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wooden stile


Explanation:
In the UK at least, the various contraptions used within a fence to let people through, but not animals, are called stiles.


    Reference: http://images.google.com/images?q=wooden+stile&ie=UTF-8&oe=u...
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old wooden gate


Explanation:
Si el itinerario corresponde al valle de Arana, en Álava, País Vasco, es posible que esta definición sea la adecuada. No así la del DRAE.

ITINERARIO ARALAR
MUITZEKO LANGA. Vieja puerta-cierre de madera para impedir el paso del ganado. Estratégicamente colocada, hoy en día no tiene ya las funciones de antaño. ...
simr02.si.ehu.es/DOCS/book.SS-G/v1/Itinerario.Aralar.html

ROUTE ARALAR- MUITZEKO LANGA.
***An old wooden gate (langa) to bar the way to cattle. *** Strategically located, nowadays it does not have the same use as before. ...
www.cd.sc.ehu.es/DOCS/book.SS-G/v2/Route.Aralar.html



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[PDF] 50. ARALAR (2)Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versión en HTML
parte superior del caserío conocido como Kobaegi, delante de una *** langa o cancilla *** y junto a una borda. 6. Caserío Kobaegi. Si queremos acortar el recorrido ...
www.goierriturismo.com/_images/pdf/50.pdf

En el DRAE:
http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=can...

cancilla.
(Del lat. cancelli, celosía).
1. f. Puerta hecha a manera de verja, que cierra los huertos, corrales o jardines.



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Note added at 55 mins (2007-09-29 00:23:34 GMT)
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Oxford Superlex Dictionary:

Cancilla f Gate

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Note added at 59 mins (2007-09-29 00:27:00 GMT)
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También en el País Vasco:

http://www.goierriturismo.com/_images/pdf/50.pdf
(...) Continuamos por este camino, siempre cuesta arriba, hasta que llegamos a una nueva cancilla de hierro. Pasamos esta langa o cancilla que prohibe el paso de los vehículos y enseguida se llega a Errekabeltz.

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Note added at 11 hrs (2007-09-29 10:38:01 GMT) Post-grading
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Si langa es como llaman a una cancilla en algunos lugares del País Vasco, y parece probable que sea así, será una puerta enrejada o de madera que el caminante abre y cierra tras de sí, sin escalones ni nada por el estilo, como parece ser "stile".

Puedes buscar "cancilla" en imágenes de Google y juzgar tú mismo.

Andrés Martínez
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