pucellas
noun plural but singular or plural in construction
pu·cel·las
\pyəˈseləs\
Definition of pucellas
: 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
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Origin and Etymology of pucellas
modification of Italian procello
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