payle

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From either Old English pæġel, from Proto-West Germanic *pagil; or from Old French paielle, from Latin patella; or a conflation of both.

Pronunciation

Noun

payle (plural payles)

  1. A pail or bucket; a roughly cylindrical container.
  2. (rare) A container for storing food.

Descendants

  • English: pail
  • Yola: pyle

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