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Souple

Sou′ple

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Noun.
That part of a flail which strikes the grain.
Knight.

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souple

souple

English

Noun

souple (plural souples)

  1. The part of a flail that strikes the grain.
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French

Etymology

From Latin supplex.

Pronunciation

Adjective

souple m, f (plural souples)

  1. supple
  2. yielding

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Middle English

Adjective

souple

  1. flexible; supple
    • 14th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue
      His bootes souple, his hors in greet estaat.
      His boots flexible, his horse in a fine condition

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Old French

Noun

souple m (oblique and nominative feminine singular souple)

  1. supple (which bends readily)
    • circa 1170, La vie de St. Emonde
      keue souple
      Supple tail