fardel

[ fahr-dl ]
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nounArchaic.
  1. a bundle; burden.

Origin of fardel

1
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Anglo-French, Old French, from Old Provençal, equivalent to fard(a) “bundle” (ultimately derived from Arabic fardah “load”) + -el, from Latin -ellus; see -elle

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How to use fardel in a sentence

  • There were also holders of fardels or quarter-virgates, and half-fardels, or one-eighth-virgates, and other small cottier tenants.

  • Seven years before 1592 this company performed mostly in the provinces, carrying their "fardels on their backs."

  • I shall sleep the sweeter for those fardels: and I count I should sleep none the worser if man laughed at me.

    In Convent Walls | Emily Sarah Holt
  • Then he made up his mind that the fardels must still be borne, and again went home to his lodgings.

  • Sir Thomas, as he sat there listening and thinking, unable not to think and not to listen, found that the fardels were very heavy.

    Ralph the Heir | Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for fardel

fardel

/ (ˈfɑːdəl) /


noun
  1. archaic a bundle or burden

Origin of fardel

1
C13: from Old French farde, ultimately from Arabic fardah

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