payle

Middle English

Alternative forms

• paiell, paille, payl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛi̯l/

Noun

payle (plural payles)

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

Descendants

• English: pail

References

• “paile (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-23.