graisle

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Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin gracilis.

Adjective

graisle m (oblique and nominative feminine singular graisle)

  1. slim
Declension
Case masculine feminine neuter
singular subject graisles graisle graisle
oblique graisle graisle graisle
plural subject graisle graisles graisle
oblique graisles graisles graisle
Descendants
  • French: grêle

Etymology 2

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Noun

graisle oblique singularm (oblique plural graisles, nominative singular graisles, nominative plural graisle)

  1. a type of horn used in battle

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (graisle, supplement)