rigol meaning (obsolete): definition, etymology and quotations

rigol

noun

UK /ˈɹɪɡ.ɒl/

Etymology From Middle English rigol, from Middle French rigole. Doublet of rail, regal, regula, and rule.

Obsolete A circle.

About the mourning and congealed face Of that black blood a watery rigol goes, Which seems to weep upon the tainted place:1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:

Obsolete A diadem, crown (ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty).

[…] this is a sleep That from this golden rigol hath divorc’d So many English kings.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:

Nautical, Transport A ridge or channel above a porthole to redirect water flow from dripping inside the vessel.