trottola

Definitions of trottola
  1. noun
    a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance
  2. noun
    a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips
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    types:
    camicetta, camicia
    a top worn by women
    corpetto
    part of a dress above the waist
  3. noun
    covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
    synonyms: coperchio
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    types:
    cappello, coperchio, tappo
    a top (as for a bottle)
    coperchio
    a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.
    type of:
    involucro, ricopertura
    an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
  4. noun
    a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin
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    type of:
    balocco, giocattolo, gioco, trastullo
    an artifact designed to be played with
  5. noun
    platform surrounding the head of a lower mast
    synonyms: coffa
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    type of:
    piattaforma
    a raised horizontal surface
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