souple (not comparable)
Of raw silk: deprived of its silk-glue.
souple (plural souples)
The part of a flail that strikes the grain.
• Loupes, Peluso, Puleos, loupes, poules
Source: Wiktionary
Sou"ple, n.
Definition: That part of a flail which strikes the grain. Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2024
(noun) an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things; “a parade of strollers on the mall”; “a parade of witnesses”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
