Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Barcarole

(3 syl.) A song sung by Venetian barcaroli, as they row their gondolas. (Italian, barcarolo, a boatman.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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