Acle
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
Historical Examples
A mile and a half further on, and we came to acle bridge, twelve miles from Yarmouth.
The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk G. Christopher Davies
acle (Mimosa acle) gives logs up to 32 feet by 28 inches square.
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
The three boys wandered away as far as acle, eleven miles from Norwich, whence they were ignomimously brought back and birched.
George Borrow and His Circle Clement King Shorter
He came up with them at acle, about eleven miles from Norwich.
The Life of George Borrow Herbert Jenkins
A prize fight had taken place near the town, on a marsh next the acle Road.
Yarmouth Notes Frederick Danby Palmer
acle is a capital fishing station, and is now accessible from Norwich by the new line to Yarmouth, branching off at Brundall.
The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk G. Christopher Davies
Lion fonts are numerous, those of acle and Strumpshaw being excellent examples.
Ecclesiastical Curiosities Various
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