bargello
Italian (Fiorentino)
/barˈdʒɛl.lo/
noun
Definitions
- Police or military chief in medieval Italian comuni.
- Medieval police or military headquarters.
- (sewing)(embroidery) A type of needlepoint embroidery consisting of upright flat stitches laid in a pattern to create zigzag or flamelike motifs, or similar motifs created in quilts.
Etymology
Inherited from Latin barigildus.
Origin
Latin
barigildus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bargello English
- Foxborough English
- Marlborough English
- borough English
- boroughholder English
- boroughhood English
- boroughmaster English
- boroughmonger English
- boroughwide English
- county borough English
- interborough English
- multiborough English
- barigildus Latin
- bourg French
- borwe Middle English
- burgo Ido