foisil

Old French

Alternative forms

fuisil

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *focīlis (petra), from Latin focus.

Noun

foisil m (oblique plural foisiz or foisilz, nominative singular foisiz or foisilz, nominative plural foisil)

flint (piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark)

Descendants

French: fusil

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (foisil)

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