Definitions
small gallinaceous game birds
Word origin
From Middle English quaylen, from Middle Dutch queilen, quēlen, from Old Dutch *quelan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwelan, from Proto-Germanic *kwelaną (“to suffer”). Doublet of queal.
Used in a sentence
“Death dvvels vvithin vs, and if gentle Peace / Diſcend not ſoone, our ſorrovves to ſurceaſe, / Latium (alreadie quaild) vvill be deſtroyd.”
“But when he meant to quaile and shake the Orbe, / He was as ratling Thunder.”
“To tell the truth the prospect rather quailed him – wandering about in the gloomy corridors of a nunnery.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“Covey bird”5 letters
02“Small upland bird”5 letters
03“Small game bird”5 letters
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