Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for KAYLE
KAYLE, n. [Fr. quille, a nine-pin, a keel.]
- A nine-pin, a kettle-pin; sometimes written keel. – Sidney. Carew.
- A kind of play in Scotland, in which nine holes ranged in threes, are made in the ground, and an iron ball rolled in among them. – Johnson.
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