barnaugh

Yola

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish bairneach. Related to English barnacle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔːˈnɔː/

Noun

barnaugh

1. limpet, shellfish

   Synonym: bringawn

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 11, page 88:

     Wode zar; mot, all arkagh var ee barnaugh-blowe,

     Would serve; but, all eager for the barnagh-stroke,

Derived terms

• barnaugh-blowe

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 24