puntello

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See also: puntellò

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Italian puntello

Noun[edit]

puntello (plural puntelli)

  1. (sculpture) One of the points sometimes drilled as guides for cutting away superfluous stone.

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From punta.

Noun[edit]

puntello m (plural puntelli)

  1. prop, support (for a wall, shelf, etc.)
  2. (figurative, by extension) help, aid, support

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

puntello

  1. first-person singular present indicative of puntellare
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