payle
Middle English
Alternative forms
- paiell, paille, payl
Etymology
From either Old English pæġel, from Proto-Germanic *pagilaz; Old French paielle, from Latin patella; or a conflation of both.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛi̯l/
Noun
payle (plural payles)
- A pail or bucket; a roughly cylindrical container.
- (rare) A container for storing food.
Descendants
- English: pail
References
- “paile (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-23.