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Middle English
- pilue, pilew, pelew, pilow, pylwe, pylow, pule, pyle, pile, pelewe, pilewe, pelowe, pilowe
Etymology
From Old English pyle, pylu, pylwe, from Proto-West Germanic *pulwī, from Latin pulvīnus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpilwə/, /ˈpilɔu̯/, /ˈpiliu̯/, /ˈpɛl-/
Noun
pilwe (plural pilwes)
- A soft stuffed bag; a cushion or pillow.
1395, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales:To visite this Damyan goth May
And subtilly this lettre doun she threste
Vnder his pilwe.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (rare) A pad; a piece of cushioning.
- (rare) A supporting piece of metal.
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