Cuje
/ KOO-heh /
Production & CuringSpanish
Definition
A wooden pole used to hang strung or tied pairs of tobacco leaves inside a curing barn, letting air circulate around the leaf as it dries.
Why it matters
How leaves are hung on cujes affects airflow through the barn, which is why cuje spacing is treated as carefully as the barn's own ventilation.
In context
"Workers strung the leaves in pairs and hung them high on the cujes, where the heat gathered first."
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