Meaning

1 senses

  1. (humorous, rare)A window.

Origin

Revived from Old English ēagþyrel (possibly for puristic reasons). Popularized by Susan Ke

Revived from Old English ēagþyrel (possibly for puristic reasons). Popularized by Susan Kelz Sperling’s 1977 book Poplollies and Bellibones: A Celebration of Lost Words (See quotation). By surface analysis, eye + thurl (“hole”).

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Forms

plural: eyethurls
Singulareyethurl
Pluraleyethurls

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
eyelidB2eyelinereyesightB1eyesoreeyeweareyewitnessfab

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