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Pota (f)

(with) definite article: ? [sa/la?]
plural: Potes; (with) definite article: les
(the) leg(s)

each of the cut off front/hind legs to enable the insertion of stocks

Identical types: 2
Borrec

Cut off to enable insertion of the stocks for blowpipe and chanter; Misinterpreted by Mir Tierz as the name for the stocks themselves; NB: ➺ Nou.

Sources

Tomàs i Cucurull, Jordi: El sac de gemecs [The Catalonian bagpipe]. Llorà-Gironès, 1985, p.75.

Mir Tierz, Pedro: Pasado y presente de la gaita de boto aragonesa. In: Anuario da Gaita 1993 (8), p.30.