English
level-coil
Level-coil comes from French lève-cul ‘lift the buttocks’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlève-cul‘lift the buttocks’
- Englishearliest quotation 1600level-coil
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlève-cul‘lift the buttocks’
- Englishearliest quotation 1600level-coil
Earliest quotation: 1600, Robert Armin, Six Sortes of Sottes: “[…] so they did, and entred the Parler, found…”
Every English word from French lève-cul
Today it means
noun A boisterous and rowdy game formerly played on Christmas, in which players must quickly switch seats at a signal.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French lève-cul / level-coil