Obs. [f. WAIL v. + -MENT.] Wailing, lamentation.
1593. Nashe, Christ’s T., 12 b. If thou hadst neuer seene the light, thy walking in darknes would haue brought thee no waylement.
1594. R. C[arew], Tasso (1881), 47. That Asias waylments so take breath at last.
a. 1670. Hacket, Abp. Williams, II. (1693), 224. O day of wailment to all that are yet unborn!
