afoul
adjective
ə-ˈfau̇(-ə)l
: fouled, tangled
a ship with its sails afoul
Word History
Etymology
a- entry 1 + foul entry 1
First Known Use
1807, in the meaning defined above
- duplex apartment
- duplex apartments
- duplex bag
- duplex dahlia
- duplex house
- duplex iron
- duplex lock
- duplex longa
- duplex longas
- duplex process
- duplex pump
- duplex querela
- duplex steel
- duplexed
- duplexer
- duplexers
- duplexes
- duplexest
- duplexing
- duplexite
- duplexities
- duplexity
- duplexxest
- duplicabilities
- duplicable