rounceval
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the gigantic bones shown at Roncesvalles, and alleged to be those of old heroes.
Noun
rounceval (plural rouncevals)
- (obsolete) A giant; anything large.
- (obsolete) A large pea, the marrowfat.
- 1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 20 p. 12:
- The Rouncefall, great Beanes, and early ripening Peason
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