graille

See also: graillé and Graille

English

Etymology

Compare French grêle a sort of file.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɹeɪl/

Noun

graille (plural grailles)

  1. A half-round single-cut file or float, with one curved face and one straight face, used by comb-makers[1].

References
  1. 1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary
  • graille in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • 1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary

French

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophones: graillent, grailles

Verb

graille

  1. inflection of grailler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative
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