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faule

/fɔːl/

noun

A fall or falling band.

Scrabble 8

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Meanings

nounfaule (plural faules)

plural faules

obsoleteA fall or falling band.
To guild thy Tombe; beſides, theſe Caules, / Theſe Laces, Ribbands, and theſe Faules, / Theſe Veiles, vvherevvith vve uſe to hide / The Baſhfull Bride, / VVhen vve conduct her to her Groome: / All, all vve lay upon thy Tombe.
1648, Robert Herrick, “[His Noble Numbers: Or, His Pious Pieces, […].] The Dirge of Jephthahs Daughter: Sung by the Virgins.”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas] Hunt, […], →OCLC, stanza 8, page 27

verb

obsoleteObsolete spelling of fall

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with faule

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Cite this entry

APA

faule. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faule

MLA

“faule.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faule. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “faule,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faule.

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