† acolee Obs.
[a. OFr. acolee embrace, hug; properly pa. pple. of acoler: see accoll.]
The embrace, or other greeting, by which knighthood was conferred: the earlier equivalent of accolade.
| c 1450 Merlin xxi. 374 The kynge Arthur yaf hym the acolee, and bad god make hym a gode knyght. |