vaile

See also: văile

Middle English

Noun

vaile

1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of vale

Norman

Etymology

From Old French voile, veile, from Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum.

Noun

vaile f (plural vailes)

1. (Jersey, nautical) sail

Derived terms

• am'ner la vaile (“to strike sail”)
• êcoute d'eune vaile (“sheet of a sail”)
• grand' vaile (“mainsail”)
• lof d'eune vaile (“luff of sail”)
• navithe à vailes, vailyi (“sailing ship”)
• patchi ses vailes (“to die”)
• pic d'eune vaile (“peak of sail”)
• plianche à vaile (“wind sail”)
• ris d'vaile (“reef”)
• rîsi eune vaile (“to reef”)
• vaile d'artimon (“mizzen”)
• vaile d'avant, vaile dé mîsaine (“foresail”)
• vaile dé pèrrotchet (“gallant-sail”)
• vaile dé sprède (“spritsail”)
• vither la vaile (“to stay, put over to opposite tack”)