单词 | fayles |
释义 | † fayles Obs. [The writer of Ludus Anglicorum (see quot. c 1330) connects the word with fail v.; the game being usually decided by the failure of one of the players to make a throw that would enable him to move. Godef. has two examples of the OF. phrase jouer a la faille, which, though figurative, may contain an allusion to this game.] An obsolete form of Back-gammon.
c1330Ludus Anglicorum in Royal MS. 13. A. xviii. 158 a, Est et alius ludus qui vocatur Faylys. [The game is described at length.] 1598B. Jonson Ev. Man in Hum. iii. iii, Hee'll play at Fayles, and Tick-tack. |

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