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Italian
Etymology
spalla + -iera
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spalˈljɛ.ra/
- Rhymes: -ɛra
- Hyphenation: spal‧liè‧ra
Noun
spalliera f (plural spalliere)
- back (of a chair, sofa, chest etc.)
- bedhead (of a bedstead)
- Synonym: testata
- footboard (of a bedstead)
- (gymnastics) wall bars
- (agriculture) espalier (row of fruit-trees or greenery close to the wall)
- tapestry hanging
- (sailing) the fore-rower or cheaf rower in a galley
Further reading
- spalliera in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- spalliera in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana