corona vallare
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vallāris corōna (literally “rampart crown”).
Noun
corona vallare f (plural corone vallari)
- (historical, Ancient Rome, military) a symbolic honour/honor given to the first soldier who mounted the enemy's rampart
Further reading
- vallare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana