altaleno
See also: altalenò
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From alto (“high”) + Latin tollēnō (“swing-beam, derrick”), from tollere (“to lift”).
Noun edit
altaleno m (plural altaleni)
- well sweep (device with a pole for lifting buckets of water out of a well)
- Synonym: mazzacavallo
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
altaleno
References edit
- ^ altalena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)