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bargello

bar·gello

UK/bɑːˈdʒɛləʊ/ US/bɑɹˈd͡ʒɛloʊ/ uncommon

noun

1.

needlepoint stitch that produces zigzag lines

Origin

After a series of chairs found in the Bargello palace in Florence, which have a similar pattern. The palace takes its name from Italian bargello (“police headquarters”), from Late Latin barigildus, derived from the Frankish or Gothic equivalent of English borough.

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