yule Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
    Yuletide; Christmastide; Christmastime; Noel; Christmas.

WordNet

Yule noun
Etymology
OE. yol, ýol, AS. geól; akin to geóla December or January, Icel. jol Yule, Ylir the name of a winter month, Sw. jul Christmas, Dan. juul, Goth. jiuleis November or December. Cf. Jolly.
Definitions
  1. Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior.
    And at each pause they kiss; was never seen such rule In any place but here, at bonfire, or at Yule. Drayton.

Webster 1913