snayle
Middle English
/snɛi̯l/
noun
Definitions
- A snail or slug gastropod
- A turtle or other similar shelled animal.
- (rare) A kind of contraption used for both offence and defence during a siege.
- (rare) A diseased mass of protruding fleshiness.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English sneġel inherited from Proto-Germanic *snagilaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*snagilaz