badalone
Italian
Etymology
Probably from badiale (“abbatial”) + -one (“augmentative suffix”), with influence of the verb badare (“to look after”).
Noun
badalone m (plural badaloni)
- sort of large bookrest situated in the choir of a church
Further reading
- badalone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana