briccola

Italian

Noun

briccola f (plural briccole)

  1. (in Venice) Any of a group of piles used to mark the navigable channels through the lagoon
  2. (in Piedmont) A type of lever used to lift loads (especially water from a well)
  3. (obsolete) A type of military siege engine similar to a catapult (a mangano)

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