cuidheall

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots quhel, quheil (“wheel”), from Middle English whele (compare Manx queeyl and Antrim Irish cuidhil).

Noun

cuidheall f (genitive singular cuidhill or cuidhle, plural cuidhleachan)

  1. wheel
  2. coil
  3. spinning wheel
  4. reel, yarn-windlass
  5. whirl, whirling, reeling
  6. cock of hay
  7. circle
  8. circular motion

Derived terms

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cuidheall”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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