graisle

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin gracilis.

Adjective

graisle m (oblique and nominative feminine singular graisle)

  1. slim
Declension
Declension of graisle
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject graisles graisle graisle
Oblique graisle graisle graisle
Plural Subject graisle graisles graisle
Oblique graisles graisles graisle
Descendants
  • French: grêle

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

graisle oblique singular, m (oblique plural graisles, nominative singular graisles, nominative plural graisle)

  1. a type of horn used in battle

References
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (graisle, supplement)
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