nale

See also: Nale and nåle

English

Etymology

A corrupt form arising from the older "at þen ale".

Noun

nale

  1. (obsolete) ale
  2. (obsolete) An alehouse.
    • Chaucer
      great feasts at the nale

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for nale in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Silesian

Conjunction

nale

  1. but
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