ˈgarsil north. dial.
Forms: 4–5 garsell(e, 5 gars(s)yl, gressell, 7 garzill, 8–9 garsil.
[For earlier *garthsel, *gerthsel = Da. gjærdsel, Sw. gärdsel fencing, fencing-stuff, brushwood, f. ON. gerða (Da. gjærde, Sw. gärda) to fence (f. garð-r fence: see garth) + -sel as in hirsel, yemsel.]
Brushwood used for fencing, or (mod.) for burning.
| [1396 Mem. Ripon (Surtees) III. 125 Et in garsell emp. pro clausura Ricardi quondam Roberti de Hundgate, 8d. 1453 Ibid. 160 De 11d. sol. pro j plaustrat. de gressell cum cariagio, empto pro orto ibidem. Et de 2d. sol. pro faccione j cepis ibidem.] 1483 Cath. Angl. 151/1 Garselle. [Not glossed.] 1674–91 Ray N.C. Words (E.D.S.), Garzill, hedging-wood. 1788 W. Marshall Yorksh. Gloss. (E.D.S.), Garsil, hedging-thorns, or other brushwood used in making dead hedges. 1876 Whitby Gloss., Garsil. |