sicle

See also: -sicle

English

Etymology

French, from Latin siclus, from Hebrew.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪkəl/, /ˈsaɪkəl/

Noun

sicle (plural sicles)

  1. (obsolete) A shekel.
    • 1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: [], London: [] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, [], →OCLC:
      The holy mother brought five sicles and a pair of turtledoves to redeem the Lamb of God.
  2. Obsolete spelling of sickle.

References

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Noun

sicle m (plural sicles)

  1. (historical) shekel (weight)

Further reading

Latin

Noun

sicle

  1. vocative singular of siclus