Vardle

dial. Also 6 verdoll. [Alteration of OF. vervelle or vert(e)velle in the same sense: cf. VARTIWELL, VARVEL.] (See later quots.)

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1525. in Archaeologia, XXV. 478. For hengells, verdolls, & hoks, hespes & staples, for y^e same berne, vj s. vij d.

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1787. W. H. Marshall, Rur. Econ. E. Anglia, Gloss., Vardle, a common eye or thimble of a gate, with a spike only.

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1893. Cozens-Hardy, Broad Norfolk, 86. Vardle, bottom hinge of a gate.

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