pilwe

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English pyle.

Noun

pilwe (plural pilwes)

  1. pillow
    • 1395, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales:
      To visite this Damyan goth May
      And subtilly this lettre doun she threste
      Vnder his pilwe.

Descendants

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