shillelagh
Senso (Inglese)
- (Ireland) A wooden (traditionally blackthorn (sloe) wood) club ending with a large knob.
- Any cudgel, whether or not of Irish origin.
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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ʃəˈleɪli/
Etimologia (Inglese)
From Irish sail éille (“shillelagh”, literally “cudgel of a thong”), altered to match the name of the village of Shillelagh (from Irish Síol Éalaigh (literally “descendants of Éalach”), because the forest near it provided wood from which such clubs could be made.
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