Middle English Dictionary Entry
acelle n.
Entry Info
Forms | acelle n. |
Etymology | OF aissele, assele & ML ascella (L axilla). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. subacelle.
1.
Armpit.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)57b/b : Þe necke, þe backe, þe acelle [*Ch.(2): þe armeholes; L ascelle] & inguynez.