Middle English Dictionary Entry
greille n.
Entry Info
Forms | greille n. Also greile. |
Etymology | OF graisle, graille. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A military wind instrument; ?a fife, ?some kind of bugle.
Associated quotations
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)3521 : Trompe blewe, & greyles [vr. greilles; F grailles] ronge, On boþe parties þer batailles sprong.