# Glossary · Tierra y Tradición

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# _Glossary_

The words of the La Mancha countryside we use to tell our heritage.

In brief

Glossary of La Mancha rural heritage terms: cuco, dry stone, corbelled dome, esparto, pleita and pedanía, with short definitions and links to reference entries.

1.  ### Cuco
    
    Dry-stone hut with a round or square plan and a corbelled dome, built in La Mancha as a shelter for shepherds and farmers.
    
2.  ### [Esparto](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q928533)
    
    Fibre from the Stipa tenacissima grass, worked for millennia into ropes, baskets, soles and plaits.
    
3.  ### Corbelled dome
    
    Roof closed by stepping each course of stone slightly inward over the one below until they meet at the top.
    
4.  ### Pedanía
    
    Village that depends administratively on a larger municipality. La Felipa is a pedanía of Chinchilla de Montearagón.
    
5.  ### [Dry stone](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5608878)
    
    Building technique that fits stones together without mortar, recognised by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage.
    
6.  ### Pleita
    
    Braided strip of esparto used as the base for baskets, panniers and the traditional moulds of Manchego cheese.