† golee Obs. rare.
Also 4–5 gole, Sc. gule, 5 golye.
[a. OF. golee, gulee, etc. (F. gueulée) = Prov. golada, f. Rom. gola (OF. gole, gule, F. gueule):—L. gula mouth, throat + -ata: see -ade.]
A mouthful, throatful (of words).
Hoccleve's monosyllabic gole is perh. due to a misunderstanding of Chaucer's form.
| c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints, Georgis 638 And gret scilence be mad, til he Had sad þat wes ine his gule. c 1375 Sc. Troy-bk. ii. 1478 He One þis wyse schewede hys gule. c 1381 Chaucer Parl. Foules 556 (MS. Gg. 4. 27) Whan euerryche hadde his large gole [v.rr. golee, gule, Caxton golye] seyd. c 1422 Hoccleve Jereslaus' Wife 545 Anoon to me telle out al thy gole, For treewe and trusty be to thee y wole. |