"fayes" meaning in Français

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Noun

Forms: failles, fouailles
  1. Perche de bois utilisée comme torche pour les feux de joie.
    Sense id: fr-fayes-fr-noun-sWkBL~GU Categories (other): Exemples en français, Français de Franche-Comté
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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