carroccio

English

carroccio (plural carroccios or carrocci)

(historical) A large four-wheeled wagon bearing the city signs around which the militia of the medieval communes gathered and fought, particularly in northern Italy.

FWOTD – 18 February 2016

From carro (“carriage, charriot”) +‎ -occio.

carroccio m (plural carrocci)

(historical) a large war chariot drawn by oxen
- 1831, Nicolò Bettoni; et al, Biblioteca enciclopedica italiana, volume 15, page 430:
  Erano i carrocci certi carri di quattro ruote, la parte superiore de’ quali era piana e spaziosa, contenente gli stendardi del Comune, i trombetti, ed una campana, […]
  The carrocci were certain four-wheeled carts, the upper part of which was flat and spacious, containing the standards of the commune, and trumpets, and a bell, […]
(politics, in the singular, capitalized) Synonym of Lega (symbol of the rightist Italian political party, formerly Lega Nord)
- 2019 May 27, “Elezioni europee 2019, tutti i risultati: Lega primo partito, il Pd supera i 5 Stelle”, in Corriere della Sera‎:
  Netta vittoria della Lega di Matteo Salvini alle Elezioni europee. Il Carroccio supera il 30 per cento ed è il primo partito in Italia: […]
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