poil

American  

[poil] / pɔɪl /

noun

1. a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.

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Etymology

Origin of poil

< French < Latin pilus hair

Example Sentences

Exempted from the city rates, they paid a special poil tax, and they contributed, but on the same footing as Christian vassals, to extraordinary rates, war taxes, and travelling expenses of the nobles, &c.

From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by Jacob, P. L.

“Ay, but she’ll mak’ my ploot poil pefore she’s tone,” cried Watty fiercely, and scattering a handful of feathers so that some of them and the down flew on to Steve.

From Steve Young by Fenn, George Manville

Dessous ceste motte verte De lis et roses couverte Gist le petit Peloton De qui le poil foleton Frisoit d'une toyson blanche Le doz, le ventre, et la hanche.

From Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance by Belloc, Hilaire

Indiwidoolism is a poil without price; and the natal mansion, gentlemen—if I may be permitted the simulcritude—is its oyster.

From The Danger Mark by Wenzell, A. B.

These animals have the hair, or poil, of a reddish brown, and strong fore-paws, armed with long claws which serve them to dig out their holes under the earth.

From Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific by Franchere, Gabriel