# bargello

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A police or military chief in medieval Italian comuni.
2. An Italian medieval police or military headquarters.
3. A type of needlepoint embroidery consisting of upright flat stitches laid in a pattern to create zigzag or flamelike motifs, or similar motifs created in quilts.

## Etymology
From Italian bargello.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bargello