cail
English
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from or related to Middle English kayl (“a blow, stroke”). Compare Middle English quale (“death, destruction”), from Old English cwalu (“a quelling with weapons, torment, a violent death, slaughter, destruction”).
Verb
cail (third-person singular simple present cails, present participle cailing, simple past and past participle cailed)
Derived terms
- cail along
Old French
Etymology
From Gaulish cagiíum (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“hedge”)).
Noun
cail oblique singular, m (oblique plural cauz or cailz, nominative singular cauz or cailz, nominative plural cail)
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