English Explanatory Dictionary

arrastra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A device formerly used by gold-miners for grinding auriferous quartz, crudely resembling a mortar and pestle, with the crushing element dragged around by horse or mule.

Word forms

arrastra arrastras arrastre rastra

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arrastre.

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