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English
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Noun
gayle (uncountable)
- Puerperal septicemia in sheep.
- A skin lesion, accompanied by swelling, occurring in those who have handled the bodies of sheep that have died from gayle.
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
gayle
- (Late Middle English) Alternative form of gayole