gyle

English

Alternative forms

• guile

Etymology

From Dutch gijl, from gijlen (“to ferment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɪl/
• Rhymes: -aɪl

Noun

gyle (countable and uncountable, plural gyles)

1. The amount of beer brewed at a time.
   • 1790 October 7, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana:

     Perkins told me Yesterday that his Guile of Beer had a Summer-head on't, like as one sees in the last Weeks of Brewing in a forward Spring:—The Phænomenon surprized him I find.

2. Fermented wort used for making vinegar.

Derived terms

• gyle tan
• parti-gyle

Anagrams

• gley