levesel

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English leaf (“leaf”) + sele (“room, hall”).

Noun

levesel

1. a leafy shelter or seat; a place covered with foliage; an arbor

   Chaucer:

   • Behind the mill, under a levesel.

References

• “levesel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.