Etymology

reticello

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Today it means: A decorative glassblowing technique involving the merging of two cane bubbles (one inside the other) where the straight canes were twisted in opposite directions, resulting in a net-like pattern. Full definition →

Italian reticello
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromreticello
  2. English todayreticello

Borrowed from Italian reticello, a masculine diminutive of rete (“net”).

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