Middle English Dictionary Entry
revāling ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | revāling ger. Also revailing. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A setback, blow to morale; the act of reducing demands.
Associated quotations
- (1483-85) Worcester Prol.Codicil in RS 22.2 (Lamb 506:Stevenson)524 : A pere of Fraunce..shuld have be regente, whiche myghte have bene a grete revaylyng to the noblesse of thys youre realme.
- (1483-85) Worcester Prol.Codicil in RS 22.2 (Lamb 506:Stevenson)527 : In the laste partye of this codycelle ys put..the oppynyouns and reasouns of the Gret Stiward of the howsolde of the seid regente..in revalyng and adnullyng the seide grete adversaries demaundes.