bargello

Italian bargello

bargello (plural bargellos or bargelli)

1. (historical) A police or military chief in medieval Italian comuni.
2. (historical) An Italian medieval police or military headquarters.
3. (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.

From older barigello, from Late Latin barigildus, derived from the Frankish or Gothic equivalent of English borough.

• IPA^(key): /barˈd͡ʒɛl.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɛllo
• Hyphenation: bar‧gèl‧lo

bargello m (plural bargelli)

1. police or military chief in medieval Italian comuni
2. medieval police or military headquarters
3. (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

• → English: Bargello