besaiel

== English == === Alternative forms === besaile besayle === Etymology === From Middle French besaieul, besayel, from Old French beseel, from Latin bis (“twice”) + aviolus, diminutive of avus (“grandfather”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɪˈseɪ.əl/, /bɪˈseɪl/ === Noun === besaiel (plural besaiels) (obsolete) A great-grandfather. (law, obsolete) A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. ==== Related terms ==== ayle tresayle quatrayle === References === “besaiel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === bailees, besaile