payle

Middle English

Alternative forms

paiell, paille, payl

Etymology

From either Old English pæġel, from Proto-West Germanic *pagil; or from Old French paielle, from Latin patella; or a conflation of both.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɛi̯l/

Noun

payle (plural payles)

A pail or bucket; a roughly cylindrical container.
(rare) A container for storing food.

Descendants

English: pail
Yola: pyle

References

“paile, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-23.

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