sgualdrina
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From a term meaning "woman of the gualdàna". Gualdàna is a historical term used for a brigade or group (brigata) of hunters who patrolled a gualdo "forest (archaic)".
Noun edit
sgualdrina f (plural sgualdrine)
Further reading edit
Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “sgualdrina”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati