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faule

/fɔːl/

faule noun: a fall or falling band. Also the obsolete spelling of fall.

Noun

faule (plural faules)

  1. (obsolete) A fall or falling band.
    • To guild thy Tombe; beſides, theſe Caules, / Theſe Laces, Ribbands, and theſe Faules, / Theſe Veiles, vvherevvith vve uſe to hide / The Baſhfull Bride, / VVhen vve conduct her to her Groome: / All, all vve lay upon thy Tombe.1648, Robert Herrick, “[His Noble Numbers: Or, His Pious Pieces, […].] The Dirge of Jephthahs Daughter: Sung by the Virgins.”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John...

Also used as

faule is also the obsolete spelling of fall.

Forms of faule

pluralfaules

Words that rhyme with faule

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Questions about faule

What does faule mean?
Faule means a fall or falling band.
What part of speech is faule?
Faule is a noun.
How do you pronounce faule?
Faule is pronounced /fɔːl/.
What is the plural of faule?
The plural of faule is faules.

Words near faule in the dictionary

  1. faulcons
  2. fauld
  3. Fauldhouse
  4. faulds
  5. Fauldses
  6. faule
  7. Faulensee
  8. faules
  9. Faulhaber
  10. Faulhaber's formula
  11. Faulhabers

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