whithel

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English whytel, from Old English hwītel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wɪˈtiːɫ/

Noun

whithel

  1. sheet
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Mucha whithel.
      A winnowing sheet.

References
  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 78
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