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fardel

[fahr-dl]
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noun Archaic.

a bundle; burden.

RELATED WORDS

transportation, shipping, carriage, consignment, shipment, payload, merchandise, load, lading, encumbrance, weight, wares, bulk, haul, conveyance, ballast, burden, contents, pack, tonnage

Nearby words

  1. farcical,
  2. farcically,
  3. farcy,
  4. farcy bud,
  5. fard,
  6. fardel-bound,
  7. fare,
  8. fare stage,
  9. fare-beater,
  10. fare-thee-well

Origin of fardel

1375–1425; late Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French < Old Provençal, equivalent to fard(a) bundle (≪ Arabic fardah load) + -el < Latin -ellus; see -elle
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British Dictionary definitions for fardel

fardel

noun

archaic a bundle or burden

Word Origin for fardel

C13: from Old French farde, ultimately from Arabic fardah
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Word Origin and History for fardel

fardel

n.

"bundle, burden," c.1300, from Old French fardel (13c., Modern French fardeau) "parcel, package, small pack," diminutive of farde, perhaps from Arabic fardah "package."

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Medicine definitions for fardel

fardel

[fär-dĕl′]

n.

A measurement used in genetic counseling to determine the penalty incurred as a result of the occurrence of a genetic disease in an individual.
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