Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

virole

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vi-role
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ring surrounding a bugle or hunting horn.

Example Sentences

"[…] except when he has a hood, bells, virols, or rings, and leashes, in which case he is said to be hooded, belled, jessed, and leashed; […]"
"The Florentine GUICCIARDINI bore : Azure, three hunting-horns argent, the mouth-pieces and viroles or, banded gules. Gules, three trumpets fessways in pale argent, is the canting coat of CALL (Baronets)."
"Viroled- (vi-rold') Furnished with a virole or viroles. Said of a bugle or horn when borne with rings of a different tincture from the bugle itself."

Etymology

From French virole (“ferrule”). See ferrule.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: virole

Inflected Forms

viroles (plural)

Derived Forms

viroled

Frequently Paired Words

veruled

Questions

What does virole mean?: A ring surrounding a bugle or hunting horn.
Where does virole come from?: It is traced to French.

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