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sgabello

[skah-bel-oh; It. zgah-bel-law]

sga·bel·lo

[skah-bel-oh; It. zgah-bel-law]
noun, plural sga·bel·los, Italian sga·bel·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; < Italian < Latin scabellum footstool, variant of scabillum, diminutive of scamnum stool, bench (< *scabh-nom)
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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