vīle

Etymology 1
Borrowed from, or (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬). First mentioned in 17th-century sources.

Noun

 * 1)  file block of coarse metal attached to a handle, used for removing sharp edges or cutting

Etymology 2
From the verb (q.v.)  (with an extra element -l). The orginial meaning was probably “something (that was) wound” (compare 🇨🇬 “wire” < “something wound”), from which also “something sewn.”

Noun

 * 1) seam, hem folded back and stitched piece of fabric
 * 2) seam-like, line-like projection or fold on clothes, fabric, created by folding or ironing
 * 3) line-like swelling or injury on the skin, usually a result of a blow or hit; also a line-like scar or wrinkle
 * 4)  a relatively narrow rectilinear band or stripe formed by surrounding objects
 * kas būtu mūsu Latvija bez kokiem, bez birztalām, bez silu zilām vīlēm? — what would our Latvia be without trees, without groves, without the blue stripes of pine forests?
 * 1) seam-like, line-like projection or fold on clothes, fabric, created by folding or ironing
 * 2) line-like swelling or injury on the skin, usually a result of a blow or hit; also a line-like scar or wrinkle
 * 3)  a relatively narrow rectilinear band or stripe formed by surrounding objects
 * kas būtu mūsu Latvija bez kokiem, bez birztalām, bez silu zilām vīlēm? — what would our Latvia be without trees, without groves, without the blue stripes of pine forests?
 * 1)  a relatively narrow rectilinear band or stripe formed by surrounding objects
 * kas būtu mūsu Latvija bez kokiem, bez birztalām, bez silu zilām vīlēm? — what would our Latvia be without trees, without groves, without the blue stripes of pine forests?
 * 1)  a relatively narrow rectilinear band or stripe formed by surrounding objects
 * kas būtu mūsu Latvija bez kokiem, bez birztalām, bez silu zilām vīlēm? — what would our Latvia be without trees, without groves, without the blue stripes of pine forests?