culleen

Fingallian

Etymology

Possibly from Middle English collyng (“hug, embrace”).

Noun

culleen

1. bore, tenant.
   • 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"):

     Culleen,

     Bore, Tenant.