‖ raˈccolta Obs.
Also 7 re-, ro-, 7–8 racolta; 6 pl. raccolte.
[It., = fem. pa. pple. of raccogliere to collect (f. L. re- + ad- + colligĕre).]
A gathering, collection; harvest; crop.
| 1591 Garrard's Art Warre 65 That at all times he may make Raccolte, and gather his souldiers togither. a 1625 Jas. I in Hacket Abp. Williams i. (1693) 115 This motion..carries all my Raccolta's, my Counsels at the present, and my prospects upon the Future, with it. 1748 in Hanway Trav. (1762) I. v. lxxv. 345 To invest it in raw silk cannot be done in less than three racoltas. |