sicle
noun/ˈsɪkəl/ · /ˈsaɪkəl/
Etymology Borrowed from French sicle, from Latin siclus, from Biblical Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (šɛ́qɛl).
1
Obsolete A shekel.
- The holy mother brought five sicles and a pair of turtledoves to redeem the Lamb of God.1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC:
2
Obsolete Obsolete spelling of sickle.