berlengo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French berlant, from Old High German bretling, diminutive of bret (“table, board”), from Proto-West Germanic *bred, from Proto-Germanic *bredą (“plank, board”).

Noun

berlengo m (plural berlenghi)

  1. (obsolete, slang) a dining table; a gaming table.
  2. (obsolete, slang) (by extension) a place of feasting / revelry.

References

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