measkeen

Yola

Etymology

Either derived from Irish measc (“to mix”) or derived from Middle English mask, maske (“mesh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛsˈkiːn/

Noun

measkeen

1. A flat-bottomed basket for straining potatoes.

Related terms

• muskawn

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 56