Obs. Forms: 1 strǽl, stréaʓl, strél, 4–5 strale, strayl, 4–6 straile, strayle, 5–6 strayll(e. [OE. *strǽʓl (recorded forms stréaʓl, strǽl, strél) fem., repr. an early adoption of L. strāgula, f. strā- root of sternĕre to lay down, spread.] A woollen bed-covering, a blanket.
c. 725. Corpus Gloss. (Hessels), A 932. Aulea, streaʓl. Ibid., S 514. Stragu[l]a, strel.
c. 1000. in Napier, OE. Glosses, i. 1035. Stragularum, stræla, hwitla, wæstlinga.
a. 1300. E. E. Psalter vi. 7 (Harl. MS.). With my teres witerli Mi straile sal I wete for-þi.
1310–1. Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees), 506. In 2 paribus de strayles emp. 12s.
1397. in Finchale Priory Charters, etc. (Surtees), p. cxvii. Item j par de strales antiquum.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 478/2. Strayle, bed clothe, stamina, stragula.
a. 1500. Medulla Gram., Stragula, burell, Rayclothe, motteley. Stragulum, idem or a strayle.
1532. Visit. Dioc. Norwich (Camden), 263. Fiat injunctio quod utantur strailes more antiquo et non linthiaminibus uti jam faciunt omnes.
1532. Durham Househ. Bk. (Surtees), 132. 1 payr straylls.
Comb. 1438. Will of Refhan (Somerset Ho.). John Studley Straylweber.
