"foyle" meaning in Middle English

See foyle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfui̯l(ə)/, /fyːl/ [Northern], /ˈfyːʎə/ [Northern] Forms: foyles [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French fueille, feuille, from Old French fueille, from Late Latin folia, originally the plural of folium. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|frm|fueille}} Borrowed from Middle French fueille, {{der|enm|fro|fueille}} Old French fueille, {{der|enm|LL.|folia}} Late Latin folia Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} foyle, {{enm-noun}} foyle (plural foyles)
  1. (cooking or literary) A leaf (organ of a plant). Tags: literary Categories (topical): Cooking
    Sense id: en-foyle-enm-noun-CQBYs8YZ Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  2. (cooking) A sheet of thin pastry. Categories (topical): Cooking
    Sense id: en-foyle-enm-noun-cJjCNEaW Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  3. (metallurgy) Foil (thinly beat metal) Categories (topical): Metallurgy, Botany
    Sense id: en-foyle-enm-noun-lwdHqhZZ Disambiguation of Botany: 29 10 42 18 Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  4. (rare) A thin piece or flake. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-foyle-enm-noun-BK-a0wOb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ffoyl, foil, foile, foille, foylle, fule

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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