soal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative spelling of sole.
noun
  1. Obsolete form of sole (the fish).

Word forms

soal soals sole

Etymology

From Middle English sol, sule, from Old English sol (“mud, wet sand, wallowing-place, slough, a mire or miry place”), from Proto-Germanic *sulą (“mire, mud”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid, muck”). Compare sully. More at soil.

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