English

Adjective

preallable ‎(comparative more preallable, superlative most preallable)

1. (obsolete, rare) Preliminary; previous.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.187:

     And it was not to bee modelled or directed by the paterne of regular and remisse friendship, wherein so many precautions of a long and preallable conversation are required.

Middle French

Adjective

preallable m, f ‎(plural preallables)

1. that must come before (something)
   • 1577, Johannes Bodin, Les six livres de la republique, page 7

     la fin principale de laquelle gist aux vertus contemplatives, iacoit que les actions politiques soient preallables.

References

• “préalable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (prealable, supplement)