tuille
English
Etymology
From Middle English toile, from Anglo-Norman toille, tuille, taken to be variants of Old French tieulle (modern French tuile, from Latin tēgula, and thus a doublet of tile and tuile. The French term occurs in only one medieval work and the English term in only two (one a translation of the French work),[1] where the meaning is less than clear; it has been suggested that the interpretation of the term as referring to an element of armor is an error by 1800s antiquarians.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /twiːl/
- Rhymes: -iːl
- Homophones: tweel, tuile
Noun
tuille (plural tuilles)
- (historical) An armor plate hanging down from the breastplate or fauld to cover the thigh, either below or as part of a tasse.
Related terms
- tuillette
References
- “tuille”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- Francis Michael Kelly, Shakespearian Costume (1970)
Finnish
Noun
tuille
- allative plural of tuki
Irish
Verb
tuille
- present subjunctive analytic of tuill
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tuille | thuille | dtuille |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||