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sgabelli

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sga⋅bel⋅lo

[skah-bel-oh; It. zgah-bel-law]
–noun, plural -los, Italian. -li [-lee] . Italian Furniture.
a side chair of the Renaissance, consisting of a small seat, usually octagonal, often resting on a cubical part and supported either on two carved planks set transversely on edge or on three legs, with a back formed from a carved plank.

Origin:
1955–60; < It < L scabellum footstool, var. of scabillum, dim. of scamnum stool, bench (< *scabh-nom)
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