Definition of "dule" [dule]

• Same as dool, a dialectal form of dole. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "“They only give up those men to impress us,” she muttered once as they rode away from a newly decorated dule tree on a gray and drizzly afternoon."
• "Now whilst they were in the midst of their rejoicings, behold, the raven of dule and downfall croaked over them, and up came the twenty fugitive ships wherein was the King of Cæsarea."
• "Jefferson easily james and dule. no question about it."