affcastins

Scots

Alternative forms

• aff-castin's (Orkney)

Etymology

Possibly derived from Middle English ofcastyng; equivalent to aff- +‎ castins.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑfˈkɑstɪnz/

Noun

affcastins

1. (Shetland) cast-off clothes

References

• “affcastins, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.