tresayle

English

Etymology

From French trisaïeul, from Latin tris, tres (“three”) + French aïeul (“grandfather”). Compare besaiel, and see ayle.

Noun

tresayle (plural tresayles)

  1. (obsolete) A grandfather's grandfather.
  • writ of tresayle

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tresayle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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