Definition of "punto" [pun•to]

• A point or hit. (noun)

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• "Rodriguez, the top prosecutor, said there is at least one distribution point - or "punto" - in each of the island's 240 housing projects."
• "Called "punto in aria" or "stitch in the air" by the Italians, the intricate weave became popular in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries."
• "Venetian chalice-cover of the seventeenth century has a background of cut-work, the figures being worked in punto in aria. (iii) Needle lace made without any foundation at all, and hence called punto in aria."