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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Provençal bricola, from Middle High German brechen.
Pronunciation
Noun
briccola f (plural briccole)
- (Venice) any of a group of piles used to mark the navigable channels through the lagoon
- (Piedmont) a type of lever used to lift loads (especially water from a well)
- (obsolete) a type of military siege engine similar to a catapult (a mangano)
Descendants
Further reading
- briccola1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana