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FALLEBA

Suggested by ... María Jesús

toggle iron rod at its ends, secured in several rings and used to secure doors or windows.

Cremona is an interesting voice that is one of the innumerable contributions from Arabic into English, in this case, the Arabic was Hispanic, and this derivative maẖlab " claw sickle " -

And is that

espagnolette is a specific hardware device or used to close doors and windows, consisting of a round iron rod, whose ends terminate in two knuckles or hooks ...

... The rod is secured by a ring or staples within which can be rotated by operating the knob. Through this rotation is introduced in the strikes or clips, which are fixed in the frame. Simple, right? ;-)

As an example of use transcribe a paragraph from Hopscotch, a novel by Argentine writer Julio Cortázar published in 1963, of which the author says: "Somehow it's the experience of a lifetime and attempted to put it into writing. "

"... La Maga had naively tried to make literature, stay next to the window pretending to look at the street while verifying the espagnolette Oliveira the door. Scheme should have a prefab stuff, or maybe it always did the same ... "

Until next Arabism!
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