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tuille

/twiːl/

tuille noun: an armor plate hanging down from the breastplate or fauld to cover the thigh, either below or as part of a tasse. (Possibly ahistorical, see etymology.).

Noun

tuille (plural tuilles)

  1. An armor plate hanging down from the breastplate or fauld to cover the thigh, either below or as part of a tasse. (Possibly ahistorical, see etymology.)

Forms of tuille

pluraltuilles

Origin of tuille

From Middle English toile, from Anglo-Norman toille, tuille, taken to be variants of Old French tieulle (modern French tuile, from Latin tēgula, and thus a doublet of tile and tuile. The French term occurs in only one medieval work and the English term in only two (one a translation of the French work), where the interpretation of the term as referring to an armor plate is uncertain (words for cloth and weapons are spelled the same way and could have been meant instead). It has been suggested that the interpretation of the term as referring to an element of armor is an error by 1800s antiquarians.

Words that rhyme with tuille

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Questions about tuille

What does tuille mean?
Tuille means an armor plate hanging down from the breastplate or fauld to cover the thigh, either below or as part of a tasse. (Possibly ahistorical, see etymology.).
What part of speech is tuille?
Tuille is a noun.
How do you pronounce tuille?
Tuille is pronounced /twiːl/.
What is the plural of tuille?
The plural of tuille is tuilles.

Words near tuille in the dictionary

  1. tuiles
  2. Tuilevu
  3. Tuilevus
  4. tuilik
  5. tuiliks
  6. tuille
  7. tuilles
  8. tuillette
  9. tuillettes
  10. tuina
  11. Tuinal

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