cabook

noun

ca·​book

kəˈbu̇k

plural -s

: laterite as used as building material in Sri Lanka

Word History

Etymology

probably modification of Portuguese cavouco quarry, irregular from cavo hollow, concave, from Latin cavus

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

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