/peˈnal/
Orixe14th century. From pena (“stone”) + -al.
- masculineshorter, lateral wall of a house
“huna estrema de boa parede des lo canto mays de baixo do penal da dita casa […] asta huna crus (+) que asignalamos e fezemos por marqua e deuision enna parede da orta de vos o dito liçençiado e vosos ” — [We shall build] a boundary, made of good wall, from the extreme of the lateral wall of that house […] till a cross (+) that we have signalled and done as mark and division in the wall of the garden t
- masculinesupporting wall
- masculineeach one of the slabs which tops a wall to protect it from the rain
- masculineeaves
- masculineprison
- feminine, masculinepenal (of or relating to punishment)
Formaspenais(plural)