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† ˈassel(e Obs. rare—1.
[a. OF. essele (mod. aisselle):—L. axilla armpit; or, for earlier Eng. axle, eaxle, exle, shoulder, between which and the OF. there was an early confusion.]
c1450Merlin vii. 116 The speres on their asseles, theire sheldes be-fore her bristes. [Cf. Joinv. in Littré ‘le glaive dessous s'essele et l'escu devant li.] |