defoul

Definitions

1. To trample underfoot.
   obsolete
2. To physically crush or break.
   obsolete
3. To oppress, keep down.
   obsolete
4. To defile the chastity of; to debauch, to rape.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“And so whanne they had horsed the kynges ageyne they drewe hem al xj kynges to gyder and said they wold be reuenged of the dommage that they had taken that day / The meane whyle cam in syr Ector with an egyr countenaunce / and found Vlfyus and Brastias on foote in grete perylle of deth that were fowle defoyled vnder horsfeet”

“Then Sir Galahad began to break⟳ spears marvelously, that all men had wonder⟳ of him; for he there surmounted all other knights, for within a while he had defouled many good knights of the Table Round save⟳ twain, that was Sir Launcelot and Sir Percivale.”

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