Meaning of English pale | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The town of Calais and its surroundings under English rule, from 1347 to 1558.
   historical
2. The parts of Ireland under English jurisdiction.
   historical

Examples

“The xviij. of June came v c. Almayns out of Flandars into the Englyshe pale, and there taried the kyng's comynge.”

“In 1450 the English Pale stretched eighteen miles from near Wissant in Picardy to Gravelines in Flanders.”

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