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cail

The English word “cail” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To throw, pelt; to throw weakly.
  2. To tilt up or turn over in order to discharge a load.
  3. To move awkwardly or uncertainly; to gambol, kick out one's heels like a colt.

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from or related to Middle English kayl (“a blow, stroke”). Compare Middle English quale (“death, destruction”), from Old English cwalu (“a quelling with weapons, torment, a violent death, slaughter, destruction”).

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