English
garled
Garled comes from Middle French garre ‘bicolored’.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600garre‘bicolored’
- Englishearliest quotation 1586garled
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600garre‘bicolored’
- Englishearliest quotation 1586garled
Earliest quotation: 1586, Raphaell Holinshed, William Harrison: “Other pernicious beaſts we haue not, except you repute…”
Every English word from Middle French garre
Today it means
adj Spotted; speckled;
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French garre / garled