pestel

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French pestel, from Latin pistillum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛstɛl/, /ˈpɛstəl/

Noun

pestel (plural pestelles)

  1. A pestle (tool for crushing or pounding)
  2. The leg of an animal as a cut of meat.
  3. (rare) A board for threshing upon.

Descendants

  • English: pestle

References

Old French

Noun

pestel oblique singular, m (oblique plural pesteaus or pesteax or pestiaus or pestiax or pestels, nominative singular pesteaus or pesteax or pestiaus or pestiax or pestels, nominative plural pestel)

  1. pestle (tool used for crushing food)

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