cureña

== Spanish == === Etymology === Uncertain. From older curueña, probably from an alteration of Latin columna (compare Old Occitan coronna, Milanese corogna), but probably influenced by cuero (as the carriages of crossbows were originally made of this material). Compare columna, which may be a doublet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kuˈɾeɲa/ [kuˈɾe.ɲa] Rhymes: -eɲa Syllabification: cu‧re‧ña === Noun === cureña f (plural cureñas) carriage (of gun) === References === === Further reading === “cureña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025