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tresayles

tresayles is the plural of tresayle.

Meaning of tresayle

Noun

tresayle (plural tresayles)

  1. (obsolete) A grandfather's grandfather; a great-great-grandfather.
    • If the abatement happened on the death of one's grandfather or grandmother, then an assise of mort d'ancestor no longer lies, but a writ of ayle or de avo: if on the death of the great-grandfather or great-grandmother, then a writ of be sayle, or de proavo: but if it mounts one degree higher, to...1853, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, page 148

Questions about tresayles

What is tresayles the plural of?
Tresayles is the plural of tresayle.

Words near tresayles in the dictionary

  1. tresaiel
  2. tresaiels
  3. Tresarrett
  4. Tresavean
  5. tresayle
  6. tresayles
  7. Tresca
  8. Treschè Conca
  9. Tresco
  10. Tresco West
  11. Trescott

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