sgabello

American  

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

noun

Italian Furniture.

PLURAL

sgabellos

PLURAL

sgabelli

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of sgabello

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