Middle English Dictionary Entry
orafle n.
Entry Info
| Forms | orafle n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A giraffe.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)192/37 : Þere also be many bestes þat ben clept Orafles..þat is a best pomelee or spotted..but a lityll more high þan is a stede, But he hath the necke a xxti cubytes long.