pestel

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === pestell, pistel, pestelle, pestylle, pestill, pestyl === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French pestel, from Latin pistillum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɛstɛl/, /ˈpɛstəl/ === Noun === pestel (plural pestelles) A pestle (tool for crushing or pounding) The leg of an animal as a cut of meat. (rare) A board for threshing upon. ==== Descendants ==== English: pestle ==== References ==== “pestel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 November 2018. == Old French == === Noun === pestel oblique singular, m (oblique plural pesteaus or pesteax or pestiaus or pestiax or pestels, nominative singular pesteaus or pesteax or pestiaus or pestiax or pestels, nominative plural pestel) pestle (tool used for crushing food) ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: pestel, pestell, pistel, pestelle, pestylle, pestill, pestylEnglish: pestle Middle French: pestel