SGABELLO Definition & Meaning

sgabello

[ skah-bel-oh; Italian zgah-bel-law ]

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Italian Furniture.

plural sgabellos, Italian sgabelli

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.

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

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