trullo

[troo-loh]

noun

plural

trulli 

1. a dwelling of the Apulia region of Italy, roofed with conical constructions of corbeled dry masonry.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trullo¹

1905–10; < Italian < Apulian dialect truḍḍu < Medieval Greek, Late Greek trŷllos cupola, ultimately < Latin trulla ladle, scoop ( trowel ), probably by intermediary sense “cup, goblet”; compare similar development of cupola

Example Sentences

During a tour, Pietro will show you round the press, explaining how they make the oil using both traditional methods and a modern production line, and then take you for a tasting in a typical Pugliese, conical-roofed trullo building.

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Mr. Frieda’s restaurants — Trullo, in Islington; and two outposts of Padella, in Borough Market and Shoreditch — are not lacking for customers.

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Tim Siadatan is a chef who co-owns two Italian restaurants, Trullo and Padella, in north London.

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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.

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Ivanka is already a fan of Puglia, having visited Alberobello – a town famed for its cone-shaped trullo houses – with her husband, Jared Kushner, and their children in 2015.

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