reigle

See also: Reigle

English

Verb

reigle (third-person singular simple present reigles, present participle reigling, simple past and past participle reigled)

  1. (obsolete) To regulate; to govern.

Noun

reigle (plural reigles)

  1. A hollow cut or channel for guiding anything.
    • 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. [], new edition, London: [] B. Law, []; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, →OCLC:
      In one of the corners next the sea, standeth a flood-gate, to bee drawne vp and let downe through reigles in the side postes

References

reigle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Middle French

Noun

reigle f (plural reigles)

  1. rule (general guideline)

Verb

reigle

  1. first-person singular present indicative of reigler
  2. third-person singular present indicative of reigler
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of reigler
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of reigler
  5. second-person singular imperative of reigler

Descendants

  • French: règle
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