Obs. Also 7 vergoule. [a. F. Virgoulée, the popular pronunciation of Villegoureix, the name of a village in the province of Limousin (Hatzf.).] = next.
1699. Evelyn, Kal. Hort. (ed. 9), 18. Pears, Winter Musk,… Vergoules, the great Surrein. Ibid., 134. Ice-Pear, Dove-Pear, Virgoule, Deadman’s-Pear.
1719. London & Wise, Compl. Gard., 53. La Virgoulee. The Virgoulee, otherwise call’d the Bujaleur, Chambrett, the Ice-Pear [etc.]. Ibid., 160. Autumn, and Winter Pears, especially the largest; as the Beurees, Virgovles, and Bon-Cretiens.
1741. Compl. Fam.-Piece, II. iii. 406. These Pears; [Nov.] Martin Sec,… Virgoule, Sucrevert.
