Kāyle, n.

(kāl), n. [Dan. kegle, Sw. kegla, D. & N. H. Ger. kegel, O. H. Ger. kegil, whence Fr. quille.] [Written also keel and keil.]

1. A nine-pin; a kettle-pin.
2. A kind of play in Scotland, in which nine holes, ranged in threes, are made in the ground, and an iron ball rolled in among them.