ARRETINE WARE


Meaning of ARRETINE WARE in English

/ar"euh tuyn', -teen'/

a red-glazed terracotta pottery produced in Tuscany from 100 B.C. to A.D. 100 and widely traded. Also called terra sigillata .

[ 1775-85; Arretinus, deriv. of Arretium (modern Arezzo), a town in Tuscany where such pottery was made; see -INE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .