waul

British  

/ wɔːl /

verb

1. (intr) to cry or wail plaintively like a cat

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Etymology

Origin of waul

C16: of imitative origin

Example Sentences

The town of Warwick hath been right strongly defended and waullid, having a compace of a good mile within the waul.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 357, February 21, 1829 by Various

"Thou must be patient; we came crying hither; Thou knowest the first time that we smell air, We waul and cry."

From Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured by Weir, Harrison

The dike is most manifestly perceived from the castelle to the west gate, and there is a great crest of yearth that the waul stood on.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 357, February 21, 1829 by Various

Leland says, “the old town is prettily waullid, and hath hard by the waul a Castel; the old town is nearly al desolated but the cartel is meately well kept up.”

From A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire by Barber, J. T.