Definitions for bargello

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bargello bar·gel·lo

Spelling: [bahr-jel-oh]

IPA: /bɑrˈdʒɛl oʊ/

Bargello is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 277 anagrams from letters in bargello (abegllor).

Definitions for bargello

noun

1. a straight stitch worked in a high and low relief pattern to form a variety of zigzag or oblique designs.
2. needlepoint work or a design done in such stitches, especially the traditional needlepoint created by a classic stitch (Florentine stitch) done in diagonal lines.

Origin of bargello

First recorded in 1920-25; allegedly after a set of chairs embroidered with such a stitch in the Bargello, a museum in Florence

Examples for bargello

And now she was waiting with his confessor to follow the guard that would lead him to the bargello.

He recalled to her that she was the next morning to visit the bargello.

As he was going home, suddenly, just as he was passing the bargello, he stopped.

It was he who discovered Giotto's portrait of Dante in the bargello.

I cried, "send for the bargello and have him away to prison."

The same tendencies are to be noted in the bronze putto at the bargello.

Another of the interesting buildings is the bargello, an important museum.

So our good "bargello" is liberated and graciously pardoned.

I went to the town and did some shopping and went over the bargello.

This is now in the bargello, having been replaced by a cast.