pietica
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Italian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin pedica, with this form probably crossed with or influenced by pertica.[1][2]
Noun[edit]
pietica f (plural pietiche)
- a device used to hold tree trunks that are to be sawed
References[edit]
- ^ pietica in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “pietiche”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati