English pale

proper noun

The town of Calais and its surroundings under English rule, from 1347 to 1558.

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Meanings

proper nounthe English pale
  1. historicalThe town of Calais and its surroundings under English rule, from 1347 to 1558.First known use 15th c.

    In 1450 the English Pale stretched eighteen miles from near Wissant in Picardy to Gravelines in Flanders.

    2008, David Grummitt, The Calais Garrison, page 5
    1 more example

    The xviij. of June came v c. Almayns out of Flandars into the Englyshe pale, and there taried the kyng's comynge.

    c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London, published 1846
  2. historicalThe parts of Ireland under English jurisdiction.First known use 16th c.
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