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Italian
Etymology
maliscalco (obsolete form of maniscalco (“farrier”)) + -ia (“-y”, abstract noun suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.li.skalˈt͡ʃi.a/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Hyphenation: ma‧li‧scal‧cì‧a
Noun
maliscalcia f (plural maliscalcie)
- Obsolete form of mascalcia.
- farriery (a farrier's workshop)
1889, “1282–1288” (chapter 3), in Archivio storico per le province napoletane, Naples, pages 232–233:[…] re Carlo ordinò al ¶ maestro della Regia maliscalcia l’acquisto di varî arnesi da cavalcare necessarî alla regina e alle principesse- king Charles commanded to the master of the royal farriery the purchase of various riding implements, needed by the queen and the princesses