snayle

Middle English

Alternative forms

• snawile, snele, snaile, snyll, snyle, sneyle, snayl

Etymology

Inherited from Old English sneġel, from Proto-Germanic *snagilaz, *snigilaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snæi̯l/, /snɛːl/
• Rhymes: -æi̯l

Noun

snayle (plural snayles)

1. A snail or slug (gastropod)
2. A turtle or other similar shelled animal.
3. (rare, Late Middle English) A kind of contraption used for both offence and defence during a siege.
4. (rare) A diseased mass of protruding fleshiness.

Descendants

• English: snail
• Scots: snail

References

• “snail, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-15.