trullo
Americannoun
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Etymology
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
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There, the biggest disruption came in the form of a pair of black horses that walked right in front of my own little trullo, out for their morning stroll with the farm’s caretaker.
From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2019
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