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English
Etymology
From Old French roussel, from Latin russulus, diminutive of russus (“red”).
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Noun
russel (countable and uncountable, plural russels)
- (countable, uncountable, historical) A twilled woolen material.
- (countable, obsolete) A fox.
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Tale of the Nonnes Preest”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC, line 8:
And dan ruſſel the fox stert up at onys
And be gorget hent chanteclere
And on his bake toward the wode him bere.- And dan russel the fox started up at once
And by the gorge seized Chanticleer
And on his back toward the wood him bare.
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