tialz

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Old French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Norse tjald or another Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *teldą. See also Middle Dutch telt, Old High German zelt, and Old English teld.

Noun

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tialz oblique singularm (oblique plural tialz, nominative singular tialz, nominative plural tialz)

  1. tent; awning on a ship
    • Life of St. Gilles, Guillaume de Berneville
      Cele part unt le lof turné
      A l'ysle vunt sigle levé,
      Trovent le port durement bel.
      En la mer lancent lur batel;
      Mult par agreient ben lur nef:
      Funt un tialz desus le tref,
      E puis s'en issent el graver
      Pur lur funain appariller