tuille
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English toile, from Anglo-Norman toille, tuille, taken to be variants of Old French tieulle (modern French tuile, from Latin tēgula, and thus a doublet of tile and tuile. The French term occurs in only one medieval work and the English term in only two (one a translation of the French work),[1] where the interpretation of the term as referring to an armor plate is uncertain (words for cloth and weapons are spelled the same way and could have been meant instead).[2] It has been suggested that the interpretation of the term as referring to an element of armor is an error by 1800s antiquarians.[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tuille (plural tuilles)
- An armor plate hanging down from the breastplate or fauld to cover the thigh, either below or as part of a tasse. (Possibly ahistorical, see etymology.)
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ “tuille”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Francis Michael Kelly, Shakespearian Costume (1970)
Finnish edit
Noun edit
tuille
Irish edit
Verb edit
tuille
- present subjunctive analytic of tuill
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tuille | thuille | dtuille |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||