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English pale

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Definitions

  1. The town of Calais and its surroundings under English rule, from 1347 to 1558.

    • The xviij. of June came v c. Almayns out of Flandars into the Englyshe pale, and there taried the kyng's comynge.
    • In 1450 the English Pale stretched eighteen miles from near Wissant in Picardy to Gravelines in Flanders.

  2. The parts of Ireland under English jurisdiction.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA