First Known Use: 14th century
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aventail
noun av·en·tail \ˈa-vən-ˌtāl\
Definition of AVENTAIL
: ventail
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Origin of AVENTAIL
Middle English, from Anglo-French aventaille, alteration of ventaille
Rhymes with AVENTAIL
abigail, altar rail, armored scale, audit trail, beavertail, bristletail, button quail, clapper rail, coffin nail, Corriedale, cottontail, countervail, Coverdale, direct mail, disentail, draggle-tail, fairy tale, farthingale, fingernail, forestaysail, gaff-topsail, galingale, garage sale, ginger ale, Holy Grail, humpback whale, Irish mail, killer whale, macroscale, martingale, microscale, monorail, montadale, nanoscale, nightingale, Nightingale, old wives' tale, overscale, paper trail, pilot whale, ponytail, purple scale, romeldale, rummage sale, sliding scale, solar sail, studding sail, Sunnyvale, swallowtail, tattletale, tooth and nail, tripletail, trundle-tail, vapor trail, yellowtail
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