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▪ I. † fale, n.1 Obs.
[Of obscure origin; it has been conjectured to be a subst. use of OE. fǽle dear: see fele a.2]
App. = ‘comrade, fellow’.
c1380Sir Ferumb. 1845 Let anoþer ys message telle, & stond þou þer by þy fale.
▪ II. ‖ fale, n.2|ˈfaleɪ|
[Samoan.]
A house of the type built by the Samoans (see quot. 1959); also transf. (see quot. 1966).
1902L. P. Churchill Samoa 'Uma iii. 36 Her [sc. a Samoan woman's] house ceases to be fale, but becomes maota, a mansion. 1959A. McLintock Descr. Atlas N.Z. 81 The Samoan fale with its compounded floor, open sides, and leaf-thatch roof is admirably suited to the climate [of Samoa]. 1961C. C. Marsack Samoan Medley i. 18 The houses are almost without exception the Samoan type of fale, a thatched roof standing on posts, open on all sides and with no interior partitions. 1966Courier Mail (Brisbane) 21 Jan. 11 No grass hut here, but a luxurious six-bed holiday home... This is the first of 10 ‘fales’—Samoan houses—being built on..Fraser Island, off the Queensland coast... The fale is fitted with hot and cold water, [etc.].
▪ III. † fale, a. Obs.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. C. 92 Þaȝ þe fader þat hym formed were fale of his hele.
▪ IV. fale
obs. f. of fallow.
▪ V. fale
var. of fele a.1 Obs. many. |