tialz

Old French

Etymology

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

tialz oblique singular, m (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