ballestrinca

== Catalan == === Etymology === From ballestrí, from Latin ballistra, variant form of ballista. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [bə.ʎəsˈtɾiŋ.kə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ba.ʎesˈtɾiŋ.ka] === Noun === ballestrinca f (plural ballestrinques) clove hitch Synonym: nus de pardal === Further reading === “ballestrinca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007