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Currac an Easbuig
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Skull-cap, Zucchetto.
Location: South Uist, Daliburgh
Category: An Eaglais / Ecclesiastical Terms
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bharr-na-glùine
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off the knee cap, when the knee cap is out of place.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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biorraid
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[pe͜orɛd´] n. ‘cap/cover(?)’: ~ àrd [a:rt]; ~ ìseal [i:ʃəʁ̫]
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Inverness Co., Dunvegan
Category: Word List
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bonaid
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Note: woman’s bonnet for Sunday wear. “Bonaid” nowadays applied to a man’s working cloth cap.
Location: [Lewis], South Lochs, Caversta
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bunaid
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[bũ̟ṉɑdʹ] Notes: close fitting cap worn by women, tied with a ribbon under the chin.
Origin: Glenurquhart
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ceannadach
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a cap or other form of headgear. [NOTES: note added above ‘ceannadach’ – ‘ceann + aodach’.]
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ceannadach
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[cɑ̃n̪ɑd̪ɑx] Quotation: ceann-aodach? Notes: man’s cap.
Origin: Port Charlotte
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ceap
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Notes: cap.
Location: South Uist, Lochboisdale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ceap
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Notes: cap for a muzzle-loading gun.
Location: Skye?, Braes, Baile Meadhonach
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ceap
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Quotation: ceap na glùineadh. Notes: knee-cap.
Location: Coll, Sorrisdale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ceap creadhail
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cradle cap. A layer of skin peeling of a young baby’s head as new, stronger skin established itself.
Location: South Uist, Lochcarnan
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ceap cruaidh
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a cap with a polished bill made of shiny, plastic material. Worn by old fishermen. Similar to a postman’s cap.
Location: South Uist, Lochcarnan
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ceip
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cap.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cleas
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Quotation: cleas nan cip. Notes: cap laid upside down on ground. Player walks several paces back and tries to put the ball into the cap. If he misses, has to put his hand up against a wall, his cap cushioning his hand, while the rest of the players would bombard it with the ball(s).
Location: Skye?, Braes, Baile Meadhonach
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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currachd
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Quotation: currachd-sgiubach [sɡʹu̟bɔx]. Notes: peaked cap, cheese-cutter. [NOTES: slipped under ‘currac’.]
Location: Tiree
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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currachd
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[ku̜rəxk] Notes: a man’s cap. [NOTES: slipped under ‘currac’.]
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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currachd easbuig
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bishop’s cap.
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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curruchd
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[ku̜ru̜xk] Notes: a man’s cap. [NOTES: slipped under ‘currac’.]
Origin: Camusluanie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cèip
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cape, cap.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cèip
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cap.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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failmean
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knee cap.
Location: South Uist, Peninerine
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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failmean
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[fɛlɛmɑ̃ṉ] Quotation: falman [sic] na glùineadh. Notes: knee-cap.
Location: Skye?, Braes, Baile Meadhonach
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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failmean
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knee cap.
Location: Na Hearadh [Harris], Horgabost
Category: Coltas an Duine / Personal Appearance
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falman
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[fɛlɑmɛ̃nʹ] Notes: knee-cap.
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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fraochan
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the leather ornamental or decorated impression strip across the toe of a shoe. [SLIP: Leather cap across toe of shoe.]
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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fùdar-cluais
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[fu̟:d̪əɾkɫu̜ɤʃ] Notes: a small amount of powder which was put in through a nipple in the side of the gun. This was placed between the cap and the powder in the barrel to make sure that the powder ignited.
Location: Ross-shire, Achiltibuie, Alltan Dubh
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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guaran
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[ɡu̜ɑɾɑ̃ṉ] Notes: toe-cap of shoe or boot.
Location: Sutherland, Embo
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ite-na-h-aid
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feather in her cap (literally) and (mentally).
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Coltas an Duine / Personal Appearance
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maig (f)
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affected tilt of cap, toss of head, etc.
Origin: [Strathglass]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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muist [mũ̟ʃtʹ]
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Notes: white muslin cap with frills.
Location: Ross-shire, Achiltibuie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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rùdhadh
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setting the peats up on end in groups of five or six, with one peat flat over the top of the others, like a ‘crom-lech’ to ward off the rain, a kind of cap. Each group is a ‘rùdhan’. This is called ‘fittin’’ the peats in Kintyre. A lady from Shetland visiting recently used this term fittin’ – probably from ‘footing’.
Location: Cinntire, An Ceann a Deas [Kintyre, Southend by Campbeltown]
Category: Mòine / Peat-Working
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sgiubach
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[sɡʹu̟bɑx] Quotation: currachd sgiubach. Notes: cheese-cutter (cap).
Location: Tiree
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sgliugach
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Quot.: “boneid sgliugach”. Note: said of a cap that was getting old and the peak coming down over the eyes. Also: “sgliugaire de bhoneid”.
Origin: [Barvas]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sgliugach
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[sɡlu̟ɡɑx] Quot.: “bonaid sgliugach”. Note: used in connection with a cap – clumsy, coming down over the eyes.
Origin: [Lewis], Arnol
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sgrogaid
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old hat or cap.
Location: Lewis, Bragar
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sgruigean
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[sɡɾu̟ɡʹɑṉ] Note: heard this sometimes used for a man’s cap.
Origin: [Lewis], Arnol
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sùil-cheap
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guessing game which involved hiding something in a cap. Had to guess what the object was.
Location: South Uist, Kildonan
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
