The Lobster |
coilean | male. |
cearc | female. |
inghean | claws. |
stiùir ghiomaich | feelers. |
barail | stomach. |
flab | tail. |
sgreigagan | encrustations on old lobsters. |
an iuchair | eggs. |
leth-chabrach | lobster with claw missing (also deer). |
isean | immature lobster. |
The Creel |
cliabh | creel. |
boghannan | rods, before and after bending and fitting to base. |
lion, mogul | the netting. |
a cuir lion air | netting a creel. |
an t-osan | the eye. |
clachan | weight. |
srang bhiathaidh | bait-holder. |
tilans (?) | |
ball | rope. |
iris | ròp timcheal nan cliabh, for carrying. |
àrcannan | floats. |
doras a chleibh | door (for admitting hand). |
gad | fleet of creels, when attached to a single line. |
Fishing |
Cleaning a creel, what creatures found within |
[creatures found within] | portan, portan liath, deiseagan, cnogan [?] (faochag mhor gheal), cnagan feannaig, gibneach. |
Natures of ground |
làthach, mar poll; ann an lochan | soft ground. |
grunnd lathchadh | soft ground. |
grunnd chlachach | hard ground. |
Other terms |
ròp air a chabadh | fraying, or frayed, rope. |
rop briste | broken rope. |
cliabh a sàs | creel wedged on ground. |
rubbers | device used for tying claws of lobsters. |
bocsa raidaidh | keep-box. |
ròp is acair, no clach | moorings of keep-box. |