ragogghia

Sicilian

whippletree with visible ravogghi (sense 1.3)

Alternative forms

• ravogghia

Etymology

From Spanish argolla (“ring”), from Arabic غُلّ (ḡull).

Noun

ragogghia f (plural ragogghi)

1. ring. Particularly:
   1. (croquet) hoop, wicket
   2. Short for bocci e ragogghia (“croquet”).
   4. a ring in a whippletree system
   5. piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth to keep his mouth open to give it medication

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “ravogghia”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 3364–3365
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “ragogghia”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 4, page 220
• Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “ravògghia”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 708