‖ portantina
(portanˈtina)
[It.]
= sedan chair.
| 1758 M. W. Montagu Let. May (1967) III. 149 He hopes you took nothing ill, tho' you refused the Portantina. 1937 Tablet 11 Dec. 800/1 Carried in the portantina—the Sedan chair which he now invariably uses in the palace—the Pope passed through the Salone Sistino into the Sacred Museum. |