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bargello

noun — 4 senses

bargello

nounalso spelled Bargello

Etymology From Italian bargello.

1

Historical A police or military chief in medieval Italian comuni.

2

Historical An Italian medieval police or military headquarters.

3

Business, Manufacturing, Sewing, Textiles A type of needlepoint embroidery consisting of upright flat stitches laid in a pattern to create zigzag or flamelike motifs, or similar motifs created in quilts.

Bargello

noun

UK /bɑːˈdʒɛləʊ/ · US /bɑɹˈd͡ʒɛloʊ/

Etymology After a series of chairs found in the Bargello palace in Florence, which have a similar pattern. The palace takes its name from Italian bargello (“police headquarters”), from Late Latin barigildus, derived from the Frankish or Gothic equivalent of English borough.

1

A type of needlepoint embroidery, traditionally in wool on canvas, consisting of upright flat stitches laid in a mathematical pattern to create flame or zigzag motifs.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for bargello and Bargello.