saracinesca
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Noun edit
saracinesca f (plural saracinesche)
- roller blind, roller shutter
- Synonyms: avvolgibile, serranda, tapparella
- Coordinate term: persiana
- sluice gate
- Synonym: cataratta
- portcullis (gate in the form of a grating)
- Synonym: inferriata
- slide (valve that works by sliding)
- (heraldry) portcullis
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References edit
- ^ saracinesca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana