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)
- wheel
- coil
- spinning wheel
- reel, yarn-windlass
- whirl, whirling, reeling
- cock of hay
- circle
- circular motion
Derived terms
- cuidheall-shnìomha f (“spinning wheel”)
- saor-chuidhleachan m (“wheelwright”)
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “cuidheall”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN