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† peˈdaile Obs.
Forms: 4 pedaile, -aille, pytaille, pitaile, 4–5 pedale, 5 pedayle, pedel, pettaill, pitall.
[a. AF. pedaile = OF. pietaille, pitaille, f. pié, pied foot, with collective suffix -aille: cf. canaille.]
Foot-soldiery, infantry.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 191 Þe duke at þat bataile lost sex and þritty knyghtes, Þre hundreth of pedaile. ― Chron. Wace (Rolls) 895 Wyþoute seriauntz & oþer pytaille [v.r. pedale]. a1352Minot Poems vii. 56 Of pitaile was þare mekill more. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 4867 A thousand knyghtes..With alle the pedel better and werre. Ibid. 17025 Thousandes ten Off men of Armes & doghti men, With-oute comune & other pedale. |