a dwelling of the Apulia region of Italy, roofed with conical constructions of corbeled dry masonry.
Origin of
trullo
1905–10; < Italian < Apulian dialect
truḍḍu < Medieval Greek, Late Greek
trŷllos cupola, ultimately < Latin
trulla ladle, scoop (cf.
trowel), probably by intermediary sense “cup, goblet”; compare similar development of
cupola
