Level-coil
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Level-coil is a noun meaning (historical) A boisterous and rowdy game formerly played on Christmas, in which players must quickly switch seats at a signal.
Meaning
(historical) A boisterous and rowdy game formerly played on Christmas, in which players must quickly switch seats at a signal.
Example Sentences
A daily Deluge over them does boyle: / The Earth and Water play at Level coyle.
[…] so they did, and entred the Parler, found all this leuell coyle, and his pate broken, his face scratcht […]
Level-Coile (from the Fr. leuer le Cul, i. to raise or remove the Buttock) is when three play at Tables, or other Game, where onely two can play at a time, and the loser removes his Buttock and sits out, and therefore called also Hitch-Buttock.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include coddam, spiel, ringolevio, carousel, crack-the-whip, speel.
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