cavalletto
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A specialized gantry crane for loading and unloading cargo ships that attaches to and moves along guides on the ship's hatchway.
noun
A long pole placed horizontally at a height of 4 to 20 inches from the ground, used in training horses.
noun
The punishment of being placed in a pillory and whipped.
Example Sentences
- "To increase the unloading rate it is possible to use various cavallettos placed over different holds, although the ship-to-ship transfer is the peculiarilty of the cavalletto."
- "A 240t SWL crane is used to move the cavallettos from hold to hold when discharging to the barge fleet."
- "The initial stage in Somocar's latest plans was realised with the completion of the first 'Cavalletto', a joint project of Coe & Clerici and the crane manufacturer, Danieli."
- "The first introduction to a cavalletto comes at the end of a line of poles."
- "By spacing cavalletti equally, you determine the horse's rhythm."
- "Cavalletti allow more demands to be made on the legs without compromising the quality of the gaits, namely walk, trot, and canter."