In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
embale (third-person singular simple present embales, present participle embaling, simple past and past participle embaled)
(obsolete, transitive) To make up into a bale or pack.
(obsolete, transitive) To bind up; to enclose.
• Ambele, mabele
Source: Wiktionary
Em*bale", v. t. Etym: [F. emballer; pref. em- (L. in) + balle bale. See 1st Bale.] [Obs.]
1. To make up into a bale or pack. Johnson.
2. To bind up; to inclose. Legs . . . embaled in golden buskins. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 June 2025
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.