quelôgne

Bourguignon

Etymology

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

Noun

quelôgne f (plural quelôgnes)

1. distaff
2. cattail

Synonyms

• felôgne
• quenoille

References

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