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cabide

cabide m (plural cabides)

coat hanger (device, in the shape of shoulders, used to hang up coats, shirts, etc.)

Uncertain origin. Possible origins include:

Latin capitulum;
Arabic مَقْبِض ‎(maqbiḍ, “handle”), with the ma- being confused with the Portuguese feminine indefinite article uma;
Arabic قَابِض ‎(qābiḍ, “tongs, clamp”);
cavidado, past participle of cavidar ‎(“to protect”), with the suggestion that coat hangers were used to protect clothes from dust.