Yule (ūl), n. [OE. yol, ”ol, AS. geól; akin to geóla December or January, Icel. jōl Yule, Ylir the name of a winter month, Sw. jul Christmas, Dan. juul, Goth. jiuleis November or December. Cf. Jolly.] 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.
Yule block, orYule log, a large log of wood formerly put on the hearth on Christmas eve, as the foundation of the fire. It was brought in with much ceremony. — Yule clog, the yule log. Halliwell. W. Irving.