cail
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Perhaps from or related to Middle English kayl (“a blow, stroke”). Compare Middle English quale (“death, destruction”), from Old English cwalu (“a quelling with weapons, torment, a violent death, slaughter, destruction”).
Verb[edit]
cail (third-person singular simple present cails, present participle cailing, simple past and past participle cailed)
- (dialectal) To throw, pelt; to throw weakly.
- (dialectal, of a cart) To tilt up or turn over in order to discharge a load.
- (dialectal) To move awkwardly or uncertainly; to gambol, kick out one's heels like a colt.
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Old French[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Gaulish cagiíum (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“hedge”)).
Noun[edit]
cail oblique singular, m (oblique plural cauz or cailz, nominative singular cauz or cailz, nominative plural cail)