pucellas

noun plural but singular or plural in construction

pu·​cel·​las

pyəˈseləs

: a spring tool resembling tongs and used for shaping molten glass

called also steel jack

next in importance to the blowpipe is the pucellas

—F. W. Hunter

the top of the glass may be opened up with pucellas

—Karen Gillespie

Word History

Etymology

modification of Italian procello

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