sgabello

[ skah-bel-oh; Italian zgah-bel-law ]
/ skɑˈbɛl oʊ; Italian zgɑˈbɛl lɔ /

noun, plural sga·bel·los, Italian sga·bel·li [zgah-bel-lee] /zgɑˈbɛl li/. Italian Furniture.

a side chair of the Renaissance, consisting of a small seat, usually octagonal, often resting on a cubical part and supported either on two carved planks set transversely on edge or on three legs, with a back formed from a carved plank.

Origin of sgabello

1955–60; < Italian < Latin scabellum footstool, variant of scabillum, diminutive of scamnum stool, bench (< *scabh-nom)

Words nearby sgabello

sfumato, sfw, sfx, sfz, sg, sgabello, sgd, sgd., sghwr, sgian-dhu, sgml