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peel2 (1305)
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peel2 (1305)

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pele,  piel,  pile,  pyel  
  FEW:  palus *7,524b / pila *8,475a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  pale n.1  / peel n.2  / pile n.3  MED:  pel n.1  DMLBS:  palus 1 2092a / pelum 2 2172b / pila 3 2279b

This term has two possible Latin etyma, both of which could have generated these forms and this meaning. On the one hand, both palus, related to pal1(‘stake, fence’) and medieval Latin pelum (‘stake, fence’, ultimately also from palus but influenced by vernacular pel) refer to a round fortress within a palisade; on the other, pila, related to pile3 (‘pillar, pile’), refers to a fortified tower.

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mil.archit.fort, stronghold, peel-tower: 
( 1305 )  la ad nostre seignur abatu tut le plus de le Boyz pur soen peel de Dunfres e soen peel de Holmcoltram  Northern Pet 129
( c.1319 )  ceus qe ount demoré en le pyel de Stawrth sur sa terre saunz ren donaunt  Northumb 159
( 1326 )  Thomas emprist a faire e reparailler le Pele de Stanworth selonc le endentures faites entre nostre dit seignur le roi e l'avantdit Thomas  TNA SC 8/218/10882
( 1330 )  graunta la garde du piel de Heghened  Rot Parl1 ii 34
( c.1335; MS: s.xivm )  William Douglas, qi fu gardein del dit peel de Loughmaban  Anon Chr2 158
( a.1382; MS: a.1382 )  siglerent vers le pele de Estholme en Galway et illoeqespristrent nutaundre mounsire Donkal Makduel [...] et touz les biens qe furrent trovez dedeinz le dit pele [...] et mystrent le dite pele en fieu et en flaumme  Anon Chr1 19.13, 17 and 18

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See also:

pal1  pile3 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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