payle

Middle English

Alternative forms

• paiell, paille, payl

Etymology

From either Old English pæġel, from Proto-West Germanic *pagil; or from Old French paielle, from Latin patella; or a conflation of both.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæi̯l/

Noun

payle (plural payles)

1. A pail or bucket; a roughly cylindrical container.
2. (rare) A container for storing food.

Descendants

• English: pail
• Yola: pyle

References

• “paile, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 September 2018.