单词 | give ale |
释义 | give ale Hist.|ˈgɪveɪl| Also 6 gifeale, gif ale, 7 gev(e)all, yev(e)all, -ale, (geavale, yeovale). [f. give n. + ale.] An annual feast or banquet, formerly observed in some parishes in Kent, the cost being provided by money bequeathed for that purpose.
1524Acta Archid. Roffen. 73 a in Archæologia XII. 13 Jo. Bromley, subtrahit de la gifeale xviiis. a lumine beatæ Marie apud Woldham. 16..in Thorpe Custumale Roffense (1788) 41 Alsoe I will that specially my feoffees and executors see that the yeovale of St. James be kept for ever. Ibid. 46 Alsoe I will that the geavale of Alhallows in Hoo have one acre of land after my wifes decease to maintaine it withall. Ibid. 47 A gevall house lying at Grenehill prout wardens and the brethren of the gevall. 1796Archæologia XII. 13 The giveales..were the legacies of individuals, and from that circumstance entirely gratuitous. |

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