en|grail

en|grail
en|grail «ehn GRAYL», transitive verb.
to ornament with curved indentations: »

hills with peaky tops engrail'd (Tennyson).

[< Middle French engreler < Old French engresler < en- in (< Latin in-) + gresle hail (as if pitted by hail, or shaped like hailstones)]

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