cassapanca

cas·sa·pan·ca

[kas-uh-pang-kuh]
noun
a carved bench of the Italian Renaissance, the seat of which is used as a chest.

Origin:
< Italian, equivalent to cassa box, chest (see case2) + panca, variant of banca bench; see bank2

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