Italian

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Etymology

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Seems to have originated as a masculine variant of vergella.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /verˈd͡ʒɛl.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛllo
  • Hyphenation: ver‧gèl‧lo

Noun

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vergello m (plural vergelli)

  1. a stick, with indentations smeared with birdlime, used to trap birds

Further reading

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  • vergello in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana