merels
/ˈmɛrəlz/Now historical and English regional
noun
The game of nine men's morris.
- Sometimes with preceding word or words indicating the number and type of counters used, as nine men's merels, ninepenny merels, etc.The alternative name fivepenny merels is unexplained. H. J. R. Murray (Hist. Board-games 1952 iii. 42–3) treats it as a five-counter game, distinct from nine men's morris..
Origin
Late Middle English (in an earlier sense). From Middle French merele, merelle, feminine (late 11th cent in Old French; French marelle, and marel, merel, masculine, both probably from an unattested Romance base *marr- stone, rock.
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