Obs. [Prob. a variant of *bill (not actually found in this sense, but cf. BILLET) a. F. bille ‘a young stocke of a tree to graft on’ (Cotgr.); cf. 12th c. med.L. billa, billus ‘branch, trunk of a tree.’] ? The crossbar of the yoke.
1616. Surfl. & Markh., Countr. Farm, 650. The young plants are good to make beeles for Yoakes.
