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cleith.

pole (long and slender object for construction or support)

6 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/clʲe(h)/

  1. pole (long and slender object for construction or support)

    feminine

  2. cudgel (short heavy club with a rounded head)

    feminine

  3. wattle (construction of branches and twigs), stake (in wattling)

    feminine

  4. yard (tapered timber from which square sails hang)

    feminine

  5. housepost

    feminine

  6. spear

    feminine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish cleth (“housepost”), from Proto-Celtic *klitā (“pillar”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlitós (“inclined”). Compare Sanskrit श्रि॒त (śritá, “attached”), Ancient Greek κλίτα (klíta, “cloister”, Hesychius), and Old English ġehlid (“fence”).

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