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Definition of Defoul
1. v. t. To tread down.
Definition of Defoul
1. Verb. (obsolete) To trample underfoot. ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete) To physically crush or break. ¹
3. Verb. (obsolete) To oppress, keep down. ¹
4. Verb. (obsolete) To defile to chastity of; to debauch, to rape. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Defoul
1. to defile [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: defile
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defoul
Literary usage of Defoul
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"To defoul, va 1. To defile ; Doug. 2. To dishonour, to disgrace. ... Fr. defoul-er,
to trample on, abe, to reproach. ..."
2. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, William Caxton (1900)
"And anon he sent and commanded that none of his liege men should defoul nor lie
by no lady, wife nor maid ; and when he came ..."
3. The English Historical Review by JSTOR (Organization), Oxford Journals (Oxford University Press), Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1909)
"... issued a proclamation in the name of Kii Henry ordering that no man, of what
degree or condition so ever he be, presume attem or be so hardy to defoul ..."
4. A Middle English Reader by Oliver Farrar Emerson (1905)
"tread under foot, defoul; inf. de- mild,gentle, later skilful, deft, 14,19.
degre, sb., OF. degre; degree, rank, condition ; by thy degre, according to thy ..."
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