puntello

See also: puntellò

English

Etymology

Italian puntello

Noun

puntello (plural puntelli)

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

Italian

Etymology 1

From punta.

Noun

puntello m (plural puntelli)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

puntello

1. first-person singular present indicative of puntellare