tramman

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Manx tramman.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

[edit]

tramman (plural trammans)

  1. (Isle of Man) An elder tree.
    • 1905, Pilcher George Ralfe, The birds of the Isle of Man, page 9:
      As above noted, the Blackbird was even a hundred years ago remarkably common in Man, and it is to-day an extremely abundant and widely-spread species, equally at home among the fuchsias and 'trammans' of a cottage garden []
    • 1976, Margaret Killip, The folklore of the Isle of Man, page 36:
      'The old trammans at Ballakoig were cut down, and the fairies came every night to weep and lament.'

Anagrams

[edit]