draille

See also: tràille

French

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Old Occitan dralho, variant form of traio, from Vulgar Latin *trāgla, from Latin trāgula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁaj/

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Noun

draille f (plural drailles)

1. (Languedoc) droveway
2. a cable along which a ferry is pulled

Descendants

• → Italian: draglia

Further reading

• “draille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.