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Tapia, Tabbi, Tabique, Tabby
- Rygian 2y ago"Tabique" is Spanish for wall, as a general noun. (Synonyms: muro, tapia, pared) "Tabique de Hostion" is a misspelling, the word they wanted to write is Ostión [1] (synonym with "ostra" for oyster). "Hostión" instead means "a large host" as a sacramental bread, and is also vulgar slang for "a heavy smack or punch" [2]. [1] https://dle.rae.es/osti%C3%B3n https://dle.rae.es/osti%C3%B3n [2] https://dle.rae.es/hostia https://dle.rae.es/hostia
- eddd-ddde 2y agoTabique in Spanish is brick, at least that's the Spanish I know.
- cassepipe 2y agoIn mexico yes but in spain it is indeed "wall"
- Rygian 2y agoSeems to be a Mexico thing indeed: https://dle.rae.es/tabique https://dle.rae.es/tabique
- cryptonector 2y agoThere are many Spanishes, all sharing roughly the same basic rules (orthographic, grammatic) but all with different vocabularies, and different preferences for various tenses.
- jihadjihad 2y agoIt's a neat material, similar to natural coquina [0]. One neat thing about coquina in particular is that it was used to construct the walls of the Florida fort mentioned in TFA [1, 2] where it effectively "swallowed" incoming British cannonballs, much to their bewilderment. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coquina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coquina 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castillo_de_San_Marcos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castillo_de_San_Marcos 2: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/coquina-fort-in-florida https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/coquina-fort-in-florid...
- cassepipe 2y agoI wonder how thick you need to make a coquina wall in order to prevent a cannonball from that era to go through. I guess not having it thick enough can be dangerous as the inner layer of the wall might work as shrapnel and hurt anyone on the other side. I know some tank shells worked on that principle before they added some kind of liner on the inside.