cowlee

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English colee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔːˈliː/

Noun

cowlee

1. When the bowl goes beyond the goal.
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 12, page 88:

     Th' ball want a cowlee, the gazb maate all rize;

     The ball o'er shot the goal, the dust rose all about;

Derived terms

• cowlee man

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 32