scudo

American  

[skoo-doh] / ˈsku doʊ /

noun

plural

scudi

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

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scudo British  

/ ˈskuːdəʊ /

noun

1. any of several former Italian coins

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Etymology

Origin of scudo

1635–45; < Italian < Latin scūtum shield

Example Sentences

"Tell him it will cost us a scudo and a half apiece."

From Rollo in Rome by Abbott, Jacob

A buona grazia of a scudo at the frontier obviated the delay which would otherwise have occurred in examining our baggage by the douaniers.

From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Frye, Major W. E

And then I was obliged to give the rascally servants civil words and my last scudo before they would even permit me to enter.

From Four Phases of Love by Heyse, Paul

Col durissimo acciar preme ed offende   Il delicato collo e l'aurea chioma;   E la tenera man lo scudo prende   Pur troppo grave e insopportabil soma.

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 by Prescott, William Hickling

Not one scudo would I take under the price that I have named.

From Won By the Sword : a tale of the Thirty Years' War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)