carroccio (karochio)

[It., a car, carriage, coach, aug. of carro, a car: see caroche and car1.] The car of war, on which the standard was borne into battle, peculiar to the Italian republics of the middle ages. The carroccio , or "great oar," that bore the standard of the commune, was a symbol of independence widely in use among the free cities of Italy. Its invention is ascribed to Eriberto, Archbishop of Milan in the eleventh century. C. E. Norton, Church-building in Middle Ages, p. 110. carrock, n. See carack . carrolt, n. See caroll , carol2 . carrollite (kar'o-lit), n. [ Carroll (see def.) +-ite2.] A sulphid of copper and cobalt obtained from Carroll county, Maryland.