dòrnan

Gaelic (Scots)

/t̪ɔːɾnan/

noun
Definitions
  • small fist
  • small handful
  • part of an oar grasped in the hand in rowing
  • handful of lint
  • mitten
  • handful of corn cut with one stroke of the reaping-hook
  • sheaf of barley
  • (Lewis) small rope with eyelets in each end which goes round the head-post in a byre and to which the neck-rope of a cow is tied, the end being reeved through the eyelets
  • small bundle
  • the part of a tether between the swivel and the animal

Etymology

Suffix from Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic dòrn (fist).

Origin

Gaelic (Scots)

dòrn

Gloss

fist

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji
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