† acoleeObs. [a. OFr.acolee embrace, hug; properly pa.pple. of acoler: see accoll.] The embrace, or other greeting, by which knighthood was conferred: the earlier equivalent of accolade. c1450Merlin xxi. 374 The kynge Arthur yaf hym the acolee, and bad god make hym a gode knyght.