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
拳