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reille

noun, feminineplural: reilles

an old type of simple triangular or diamond-shaped ploughshare

From Old French reille, from Latin regula. Cognate with English rail and rule. Doublet of rail (from English), règle (a semi-learned borrowing), rigole (via Middle Dutch), and rille (from Old French).

reille — French Dictionary | Passage