girabacchino

Italian

Alternative forms

  • girabecchino, girabarchino

Etymology

Lombard [Term?], altered from French vilebrequin (under the influence of girare (“to turn”)), from Middle Dutch wimmelkijn, diminutive of wimmel (“drill”).[1]

Noun

girabacchino m (plural girabacchini)

  1. brace (tool), brace and bit

References

  1. ^ girabacchino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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