arpillera

f.

1 sacking.

2 sackcloth, Hessian, burlap, crocus cloth.

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arpillera

► nombre femenino

1 sackcloth, burlap, hessian, sacking

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SF sacking, sackcloth

ARPILLERA Arpillera is the term used for the colourful pictures made in many parts of Latin America by appliquéing scraps of fabric onto a hessian backing. During the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile they became politically significant since working-class women used them to depict the reality of life under military rule. As these arpilleras escaped the scrutiny of the male-dominated regime, they provided women with a means of recording events as well as obtaining income from abroad.

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femenino sacking, hessian, burlap (AmE)

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= sackcloth.

Ex. The scythe, to me, conjures up a vision of warm summer days and lingering sunsets, straw hats, sackcloth and shire horses.

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femenino sacking, hessian, burlap (AmE)

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= sackcloth.

Ex: The scythe, to me, conjures up a vision of warm summer days and lingering sunsets, straw hats, sackcloth and shire horses.

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arpillera

feminine

hessian, sacking

arpilleras (↑ arpillera a1)

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arpillera sustantivo femenino
sacking, hessian, burlap (AmE)
arpillera sustantivo femenino sack-cloth, sacking
'arpillera' also found in these entries:
English:
burlap

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arpillera, harpillera nf

sacking, Br hessian, US burlap