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Italian
Etymology
From saraceno.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.ra.t͡ʃiˈne.ska/
- Rhymes: -eska
- Hyphenation: sa‧ra‧ci‧né‧sca
Noun
saracinesca f (plural saracinesche)
- roller blind, roller shutter
- Synonyms: avvolgibile, serranda, tapparella
- Coordinate term: persiana
- sluice gate
- Synonym: cataratta
- portcullis (gate in the form of a grating)
- Synonym: inferriata
- slide (valve that works by sliding)
- (heraldry) portcullis
See also
References
- ^ saracinesca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana