cuidheall
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Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Scots quhel, quheil (“wheel”), from Middle English whele (compare Manx queeyl and Antrim Irish cuidhil).
Noun[edit]
cuidheall f (genitive singular cuidhill or cuidhle, plural cuidhleachan)
- wheel
- coil
- spinning wheel
- reel, yarn-windlass
- whirl, whirling, reeling
- cock of hay
- circle
- circular motion
Derived terms[edit]
- cuidheall-shnìomha f (“spinning wheel”)
- saor-chuidhleachan m (“wheelwright”)