Obs. [a. ONF. chouler, choller, cheoller, to drive a ball with the foot, play football with: in central OF. ceouler, couler, souler, in med.L. cheolare, ceolare, solere. Still used in Fr. dial., where chole, choule, in North Normandy, sole, soule in S. Normandy, Brittany, Maine, is the name of a well-known football game: cf. SOLE v.2] To drive with the foot, as a football; to kick about, toss or bandy about.
138[?]. Wyclif, Sel. Wks., II. 280. Cristene men ben chullid, now wiþ popis, and now with bishopis … now wiþ prelatis under bishopis: and now þei clouten þer shone wiþ censuris, as who shulde chulle a foot balle.
a. 1400[?]. Morte Arth., 1444. Thane sais syr Gawayne, ‘so me God helpe! We hafe bene chased to daye, and chullede as hares.’
a. 1400. Of þo flode of þo World, Royal MS. 17 B. xvii. 101 a (? c. 1425). Tho world makus a mon to ryse and falle, And chulles hym as men don a balle, That is casten fro hande to hande.
