Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
A troop or company.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of smalt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: no-plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: smalt
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English eschele, from Old French eschele, eschelle, esciele, eskiele, variants of Old French esquiere, scare ( > modern French échauguette), from Frankish *skaru, from Proto-Germanic *skarō (“a portion, share, division, troop”). Cognate with German Schar. Doublet of share.
Short for Eschel blue (a tradename).
