gayelle

gayelle noun: an informal stage or arena, as for cockfighting or stickfighting.

Noun (1)

gayelle (plural gayelles)

(Caribbean, Trinidad-and-Tobago) An informal stage or arena, as for cockfighting or stickfighting.
- And that time Bolo is coming through the village to the gayelle...1975, Quincy Troupe, Rainer Schulte, Giant talk: an anthology of Third World writings, link
- I who have the best gamecocks from here to Maraval, and win twenty-nine battles with Hawk alone before they poison him near the gayelle in Valencia when we went to fight.1997, Earl Lovelace, The Schoolmaster, page 21

gayelle (plural gayelles)

(neologism, nonstandard, rare) A lesbian.
- "By choosing gayelle, the feminine factors in “the equation of who is gay and who is not” can reassert their interest in the word gay, as well as, assert a displeasure for the word lesbian," the website reads.2008 January 25, “Lesbians turn "gayelle"”, in The Daily Telegraph
- Geri Jewell, who played Blair Warner's cousin Geri for a few seasons, has fully come out as a labia-loving lesbian in her new memoir!!! Cousin Geri not only talks about being a gayelle, but she also writes about being the first person with a disability to play a recurring character on TV and how...2011 January 26, tootie, “More labia-loving lesbos cumin' out in Hollywood”, in soc.culture.usa (Usenet)

Gayelle

Stickfighters usually frequent a particular gayelle, which may have a recognized champion.2004, Milla Cozart Riggio, Carnival: culture in action : the Trinidad experience, page 293:
Cate Blanchett, whose leather and velvet and satin wardrobe was handed down from Lesbian Jesus specifically for the enjoyment of gayelles everywhere!2018 June 11, Simon Abrams, Alex de Campi, “The Pros and Cons of 'Ocean's 8'”, in Hollywood Reporter:

plural	gayelles

From Spanish gallera (“cockfight arena”).

From gay + French -elle (“feminine suffix”).

What does gayelle mean?: Gayelle means an informal stage or arena, as for cockfighting or stickfighting.
How do you use gayelle in a sentence?: Stickfighters usually frequent a particular gayelle, which may have a recognized champion.
What part of speech is gayelle?: Gayelle can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of gayelle?: The plural of gayelle is gayelles.

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