governaile

• governaylle, governaill, governail, governaille, governayle, governeylle, governele

Borrowed from Old French governail, from Latin gubernāculum.

• IPA^(key): /ɡuvərˈnɛi̯l/, /ɡuˈvərnɛl/

governaile (plural governails)

1. Governing; administrative or political control.
2. Tutelarity or guiding; direction as a caretaker or guardian.
3. Control, direction, or leadership or its practice and implementation:
   1. Control over oneself against impulses; willpower or reserve.
   2. (rare) Destiny; preordained or predetermined control.
   3. (rare) Supervision or direction; supreme oversight.
4. A term, period, or era of control or office; a tenure.
5. A steering implement for use on a nautical vessel; a rudder or oar.
6. (rare, medicine) A restorative course of action.
7. (rare) Behaviour, action, or demeanour.
8. (rare) A guardian or overseer; one who guides.

• English: governail (obsolete)
• Scots: governall (obsolete)

• “governement (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-28.