Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish fairs & markets).
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TREWEL(L) FAIR. On the second Tuesday of October: 1. At Kennethmont (Abd. 1724 W. Macfarlane Geog. Coll. (S.H.S.) I. 16); 2. At Monifieth (Ags. 1706 J. Malcolm Monifieth (1910) 227).
[Reduced form of St Rule or Regulus, who has many dedications in Scot., notably at St Andrews.]