bargello
bar·gello
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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