snayle

Middle English

Alternative forms

snawile, snele, snaile, snyll, snyle, sneyle, snayl

Etymology

Inherited from Old English sneġel, from Proto-Germanic *snagilaz, *snigilaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /snɛi̯l/, /snɛːl/
Rhymes: -ɛi̯l

Noun

snayle (plural snayles)

A snail or slug (gastropod)
A turtle or other similar shelled animal.
(rare, Late Middle English) A kind of contraption used for both offence and defence during a siege.
(rare) A diseased mass of protruding fleshiness.

Descendants

English: snail
Scots: snail

References

“snail (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-15.

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