Bourguignon edit

Etymology edit

Deformation of quenoille, maybe through confusion with cueue lôgne, "long tail". Originally from Old French quenoille, from Latin colacula. See French quenouille.

Noun edit

quelôgne f (plural quelôgnes)

  1. distaff
  2. cattail

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • Prosper Mignard, Vocabulaire raisonné et comparé du dialecte et du patois de Bourgogne (1870)