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- Spanish · borrowed frompalo cortado
- English todaypalo cortado
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish palo cortado.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A rare variety of sherry that is initially aged under flor to become a fino or amontillado, but inexplicably loses its veil of flor and begins aging oxidatively as an oloroso, resulting in a wine with some of the richness of oloroso and some of the crispness of amontillado. Full definition →
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish palo cortado.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.