codolo

Italian

Etymology

Diminutive form of coda (“tail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.do.lo/
• Rhymes: -odolo
• Hyphenation: có‧do‧lo

Noun

codolo m (plural codoli)

1. tang (part of a knife, fork, etc., which is inserted into the handle)
2. (firearms) tang (projecting part of a musket barrel)

Further reading

• codolo on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• codolo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana