reigle

See also: Reigle

English

Verb

reigle (third-person singular simple present reigles, present participle reigling, simple past and past participle reigled)

1. (obsolete) To regulate; to govern.

Noun

reigle (plural reigles)

1. A hollow cut or channel for guiding anything.
   • 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. […], new edition, London: […] B. Law, […]; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, →OCLC:

     In one of the corners next the sea, standeth a flood-gate, to bee drawne vp and let downe through reigles in the side postes

References

“reigle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Reigel, Riegel, Riegle, leiger, lieger, riegel

Middle French

Noun

reigle f (plural reigles)

1. rule (general guideline)

Verb

reigle

1. first-person singular present indicative of reigler
2. third-person singular present indicative of reigler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of reigler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of reigler
5. second-person singular imperative of reigler

Descendants

• French: règle