A variant or obsolete term related to cinnamon or a spice-like substance, sometimes used in historical textile or medicinal contexts.
From Old French canelle, derived from Latin cannella, a diminutive of canna (reed/cinnamon plant), ultimately from Semitic languages where cinnamon originated.
Canille is a ghost word in English—it appears in some old texts and dictionaries but the meaning has faded so completely that modern scholars sometimes debate what people actually meant when they used it!
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