Definitions
Profit; return; proceeds.
Word origin
From Middle English vayle, from Old French vail, from valoir (“to be worth”), from Latin valeō (“to be worth”).
Used in a sentence
“My house is as t’were the Caue, where the yong Out-lawe hoords the stolne vayles of his occupation […]”
“Then let them vale a bonet of their proud ſayle,”
“[…] when he shall know it lies in vs, To banish him, and then to call him home, Twill make him vaile the topflag of his pride, And feare to offend the meanest noble man.”
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