scudo

[skoo-doh]

noun, plural scu·di

[skoo-dee] /ˈsku di/.

any of various gold or silver coins, of various Italian states, issued from the late 16th through the early 19th centuries.

Origin of scudo

1635–45; < Italian < Latin scūtum shield

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Historical Examples of scudo

Not one scudo would I take under the price that I have named.
Won by the Sword
G.A. Henty
A scudo is a dollar, and a dollar has five francs, so that I wanted a thousand francs.
A Roman Singer
F. Marion Crawford
A scudo has a particularly accelerating effect on the movements of Roman officials.
Flora Adair, Vol. 1 (of 2)
A. M. Donelan
My old beggar-woman was forgotten, and I had determined to devote my scudo to the purchase of the silk cravat for my brother.
Goethe and Schiller
L. Mhlbach
He is very charitable, and gives a great many pensions of a scudo a day to poor individuals of the mezzoceto class.
Story of My Life, volumes 1-3
Augustus J. C. Hare

British Dictionary definitions for scudo

scudo

noun plural -di (-diː)

any of several former Italian coins

Word Origin for scudo

C17: from Italian: shield, from Latin scūtum

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Word Origin and History for scudo

old Italian silver coin, Italian, literally "shield" (in reference to the device it bore), from Latin scutum (see hide (n.1)).