arrastra

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noun

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.

OriginSpanish arrastre →
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Meanings

nounarrastra (plural arrastras)

plural arrastras · alternative arrastre · alternative rastra

  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.

Origin

  1. Spanisharrastrardeverb.
  2. Spanisharrastre
  3. Englisharrastra

Borrowed from Spanish arrastre.

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APA

arrastra. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrastra

MLA

“arrastra.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrastra. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arrastra,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrastra.

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