vaile

See also: văile

Norman

Etymology

From Old French voile, veile, from Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum.

Noun

vaile f (plural vailes)

(Jersey, nautical) sail

Derived terms

am'ner la vaile (“to strike sail”)
êcoute d'eune vaile (“sheet of a sail”)
grand' vaile (“mainsail”)
lof d'eune vaile (“luff of sail”)
navithe à vailes, vailyi (“sailing ship”)
patchi ses vailes (“to die”)
pic d'eune vaile (“peak of sail”)
plianche à vaile (“wind sail”)
ris d'vaile (“reef”)
rîsi eune vaile (“to reef”)
vaile d'artimon (“mizzen”)
vaile d'avant, vaile dé mîsaine (“foresail”)
vaile dé pèrrotchet (“gallant-sail”)
vaile dé sprède (“spritsail”)
vither la vaile (“to stay, put over to opposite tack”)

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