yole
English
Noun
yole (plural yoles)
- (nautical) A Scottish rowing boat that could also use a sail
Anagrams
- Eloy
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch jol or Danish jolle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɔl/
Noun
yole f (plural yoles)
- (nautical) yawl
Derived terms
- yolier
- yoler
Further reading
- “yole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Proper noun
yole
- Alternative form of yol
Yola
Alternative forms
- yold
Etymology
From Middle English olde, from Old English eald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Germanic *h₂eltós, a suffixed form of *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”).
Adjective
yole
- old
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Yole teoun.
- Old town.
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Derived terms
- yola
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 80