Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Dried palm-leaves or grass used for plaiting into hats.
- noun A mat of braided palm-leaf, used by the poorer Mexicans as a bed.
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Examples
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Traditionally the small hill would then be covered with a woven palm leaf mat known as a petate, but now a sheet of synthetic product such as grain sack material is used, sometimes in conjunction with the petate.
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Traditionally the small hill would then be covered with a woven palm leaf mat known as a petate, but now a sheet of synthetic product such as grain sack material is used, sometimes in conjunction with the petate.
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A "petate" is a small mat about the size of a blanket, woven out of palm-strips, or bulrushes, according to the district; it is the universal bed of the Mexican peasant.
The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Mayne Reid 1850
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Someone else is entrusted with carrying a huge clay cooking vessel with a petate (palm leaf mat) rolled up inside.
A wedding and christening in rural Oaxaca: The mandate of tradition 2009
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Someone else is entrusted with carrying a huge clay cooking vessel with a petate (palm leaf mat) rolled up inside.
A wedding and christening in rural Oaxaca: The mandate of tradition 2009
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On top of all is placed the petate, a large mat of dried reed, following which a sheet of laminated metal covers the entire pit so as to ensure that heat cannot escape.
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Some of the youngsters carry a costalito, equipped with a forehead strap and decorated with miniature articles like a petate and kitchen instruments, necessary for a long pilgrimage.
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On top of all is placed the petate, a large mat of dried reed, following which a sheet of laminated metal covers the entire pit so as to ensure that heat cannot escape.
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Some of the youngsters carry a costalito, equipped with a forehead strap and decorated with miniature articles like a petate and kitchen instruments, necessary for a long pilgrimage.
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One day, as Lola lay at the edge of a field on a petate mat with a man, someone silently put an irrigation hose through the sheltering wall near them, turned on the water, and stepped back to enjoy the results.
Three señoras named Lola - an excerpt from the book Agave Marias 2006
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