pestel
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French pestel, from Latin pistillum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛstɛl/, /ˈpɛstəl/
Noun
pestel (plural pestelles)
- A pestle (tool for crushing or pounding)
- The leg of an animal as a cut of meat.
- (rare) A board for threshing upon.
Descendants
- English: pestle
References
- “pestel (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-07.
Old French
Noun
pestel m (oblique plural pesteaus or pesteax or pestiaus or pestiax or pestels, nominative singular pesteaus or pesteax or pestiaus or pestiax or pestels, nominative plural pestel)
- pestle (tool used for crushing food)
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