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fardle

fardle is the alternative form of fardel.

Meaning of fardel

Noun (1)

fardel (plural fardels)

  1. A fourth part: a quarter of anything.
    • I... bought a Farthel of Bread and a Mutckin of Ale.c. 1666, W. Sutherland in R. Wodrow's The history of the sufferings of the Church of Scotland, from the Restauration to the Revolution, volume I, Appendix: page 101
    Synonyms:
    quarter
  2. (historical) An English unit of land area variously understood as the fourth part of an oxgang or of a yardland.
    • You must note, that two Fardells of Land make a Nooke of Land, and two Nookes make halfe a Yard of Land.a. 1634, W. Noye, The Complete Lawyer, section 57

Noun (2)

fardel (plural fardels)

  1. (obsolete) A bundle or burden.
    • Hees forc't to trot with fardle at his backe, / From houſe to houſe, demaunding if they lacke / A poore yong man that's willing to take paine, / And mickle labour, though for little gaine.1597–1598, T[homas] M[iddleton], “Satyre 2. Prodigall Zodon.”, in Micro-cynicon: Sixe Snarling Satyres. […], imprinted at London: By Thomas Creede, for Thomas Bushell, […], published 1599, →OCLC...

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Forms of fardle

pluralfardles

Questions about fardle

What is fardle the alternative form of?
Fardle is the alternative form of fardel.

Words near fardle in the dictionary

  1. fardingdale
  2. fardingdales
  3. fardingdeal
  4. fardingdeals
  5. fardings
  6. fardle
  7. fardles
  8. Fardowner
  9. Fardowners
  10. fards
  11. fare

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