thible

English

Alternative forms

  • thivel

Etymology

Inherited from Northern Middle English thyvelle, perhaps from Old English þȳfel (“thicket”) through an intermediate sense of "whisk".[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθaɪbəl/

Noun

thible (plural thibles)

  1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A stick for stirring food.

References

  1. ^ Hedevind, Bertil (1967), “5. NME Long Vowels”, in The Dialect of Dentdale in the West Riding of Yorkshire (Studia Anglistica Upsaliensia; 5)‎[1], Uppsala: Appelbergs Boktryckeri AB, →OCLC, § 5:13, page 152.

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