yole

English

Noun

yole (plural yoles)

  1. (nautical) A Scottish rowing boat that could also use a sail

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch jol or Danish jolle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɔl/

Noun

yole f (plural yoles)

  1. (nautical) yawl

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle English

Proper noun

yole

  1. Alternative form of yol

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English yolde, yolle, from Old English eald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, a suffixed form of *h₂el- (grow, nourish). Cognate with English wold.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɔːɫ/, /jɔːɫd/

Adjective

yole

  1. old
    Synonym: yola
    • 1867, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland (in English), page 80:
      Yole Teoun.
      Old Town.
    • 1867, “SONGS, METRICAL PIECES, ETC. IN THE OLD ENGLISH SPEECH OF FORTH AND BARGY → THE BRIDE'S PORTION”, in A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland (in English), page 102:
      Dhree brailès o' beanès, an a keow at was yole,
      Three barrels of beans, and a cow that was old,

Derived terms

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 80
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