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

• 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]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN