tayl

English

Noun

tayl (plural tayls)

1. Obsolete form of tael (“unit of measure”).

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tayle, tayll, tail, taile, teil, taille, tayil
• tæȝel (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Old English tæġl, from Proto-West Germanic *tagl, form Proto-Germanic *taglą, *taglaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæi̯l/, /ˈtæi̯əl/
• Rhymes: -æi̯l

Noun

tayl (plural tayles)

1. A tail (rear appendage of an animal).
2. The rear or back of something:
   1. The hindquarters of a human or animal (around the tailbone)
   2. The feathers around a bird's hindquarters.
   3. A train (portion of clothing which drags on the ground).
   4. (military) The rearguard or train of an army.
3. A line, row or array:
   1. A line or array of stars in the night sky.
   2. (botany) A shoot or branch.
4. The end or point of something; the thinnest part of something.
5. (euphemistic) One's genitalia or nether regions.
6. (rare) The product or effect of something.
7. (rare) A drainage canal for a watermill.

Derived terms

• taylarde
• tayled
• taylende

Descendants

• English: tail
• Scots: tail, tale
• Yola: tyel, taal

References

• “tail, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.