mail

Definition

A bag or wallet.

Etymology

From Middle English male, from Anglo-Norman male, Old French male (“bag, wallet”), from Frankish *malha (“bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“leather pouch”). Compare Dutch maal.

Example Sentences

• "What, loo, man, see here of dyce a bale; / A brydelynge caste for that is in thy male!"
• "Open the Males, yet guard the treaſure ſure. Lay out our golden wedges to the view, That their reflexions may amaze the Perſeans."
• "Meronym: mailpiece"