buratite (buratit)

A variety of a uri chal cite (which see). burattino (bö-rat-tēnō), n.; pl. burattini (-nē). [It., appar. dim. of buratto, bombazine: see bolt2.] A particular kind of puppet. See ex IMG:content-2746.png:[graphic] tract. The Burattini deserve the greater credit because they are agitated by the legs from below the scene, and not managed by cords from above, as at the Marionette Theatre. Howells, Venetian Life, v.