borasca
noun
bo·ras·ca
bəˈraskə
variants or less commonly borrasca or borasco or borasque
-(ˌ)skō
-rask
plural -s
1
: a squall often attended with a thunderstorm occurring especially in the Mediterranean
2
[Mexican Spanish borrasca unproductiveness (of a mine), from Spanish, squall]
a
: a mine section or an entire mine that is largely oreless : an unproductive mine
b
: unproductiveness especially of a mine
also : penury, want
Word History
Etymology
Spanish borrasca, from Late Latin borras north wind, from Greek borras, boreas