a bucket-shaped container, usually of metal or pottery and often richly decorated: typical of the N Italian Iron Age
adjective
2.
of or relating to the type of designs usually associated with these containers
Word origin
from Latin
situla in American English
(ˈsɪtʃələ, ˈsɪtlə)
nounWord forms: plural-ulae (-əˌli, -lˌi)
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, esp. one made in the ancient world
Word origin
[1895–1900; ‹ L: water vessel, bucket]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Marxism, apothecaries' measure, frame of reference, hit-and-run, slapstick