gayellen.

Brit.

/ɡʌɪˈɛl/, U.S.

/ɡaɪˈɛl/, Caribbean English

/ɡaˈjɛl/

Forms: 1900s– gayal, 1900s– gayelle.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish gallera.

Etymology: Ultimately < Spanish gallera (Caribbean, South America, and Philippines, 1883 or earlier; in Cuba also gallería , 1862 or earlier) building for cockfights, coop for cocks, cage for fighting cocks ( < gallo cock (12th cent.; < classical Latin gallus : see galline adj.) + -era, suffix forming nouns), perhaps via (or influenced in form by) French Creole.

Caribbean (chiefly Trinidad).

1. An enclosed area used for cockfights, a cockpit.

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1968 E. Lovelace Schoolmaster i. 10 Now at the cockfights, he would squat at the very edge of the gayelle, and look at his birds.

1976 Express (Trinidad & Tobago) 20 May Five gamecocks impounded by the police in a raid on a ‘gayelle’ were released yesterday, after their owners signed a surety of $400 that the birds must reappear..in court.

1993 R. Baptiste Trini Talk 76 In dem days we used to go with O'Halloran to de gayelle up in Valencia.

2. A ring or arena used for stick-fighting.

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1969 M. P. Alladin Folk Chants & Refrains Trinidad & Tobago 38 Once the contest is on in the gayal (‘circle’) either fighter may attack at any time. Jigging, karaying and finesse precede the firing of a blow.

1990 W. Chen in S. Brown Caribbean New Wave 52 In the gayelle where he circled like a hawk on the hot sand, head tied, and the red end cloth of his stick fluttering in the breeze like a signal of death.

2002 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) (Nexis) 8 July Once you have thrown your hat in the political ring, or to use a stick-fighting equivalent, the ‘gayelle’ or stick-fight arena, you never leave it.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gayelle
释义	gayellen. Brit. /ɡʌɪˈɛl/, U.S. /ɡaɪˈɛl/, Caribbean English /ɡaˈjɛl/ Forms: 1900s– gayal, 1900s– gayelle. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish gallera. Etymology: Ultimately < Spanish gallera (Caribbean, South America, and Philippines, 1883 or earlier; in Cuba also gallería , 1862 or earlier) building for cockfights, coop for cocks, cage for fighting cocks ( < gallo cock (12th cent.; < classical Latin gallus : see galline adj.) + -era, suffix forming nouns), perhaps via (or influenced in form by) French Creole. Caribbean (chiefly Trinidad). 1. An enclosed area used for cockfights, a cockpit. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > fighting between animals > [noun] > cock-fighting > cock-pit cockpit1556 shrape1575 sod1912 gayelle1968 1968 E. Lovelace Schoolmaster i. 10 Now at the cockfights, he would squat at the very edge of the gayelle, and look at his birds. 1976 Express (Trinidad & Tobago) 20 May Five gamecocks impounded by the police in a raid on a ‘gayelle’ were released yesterday, after their owners signed a surety of $400 that the birds must reappear..in court. 1993 R. Baptiste Trini Talk 76 In dem days we used to go with O'Halloran to de gayelle up in Valencia. 2. A ring or arena used for stick-fighting. ΚΠ 1969 M. P. Alladin Folk Chants & Refrains Trinidad & Tobago 38 Once the contest is on in the gayal (‘circle’) either fighter may attack at any time. Jigging, karaying and finesse precede the firing of a blow. 1990 W. Chen in S. Brown Caribbean New Wave 52 In the gayelle where he circled like a hawk on the hot sand, head tied, and the red end cloth of his stick fluttering in the breeze like a signal of death. 2002 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) (Nexis) 8 July Once you have thrown your hat in the political ring, or to use a stick-fighting equivalent, the ‘gayelle’ or stick-fight arena, you never leave it. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1968
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