| The Lobster |
| giomach fìreann | male lobster. |
| giomach boireann | female lobster. |
| spogan | claws. |
| spog mhór | large claw. |
| siosar | large claw. |
| spog bheag | small claw. |
| ceann | head. |
| giuran | gills. |
| urball (m) | tail. |
| bogag (f) bogagan (pl) | soft-shelled lobster. |
| slige | shell-cast. |
| bomar (m) | lobster with both claws missing. (From David MacClounnan, Tiree.) |
| The Creel |
| cliabh-ghiomach | creel. |
| deanamh cléibh | making a creel. |
| fiodh | the base. |
| boghachan | rods. |
| cinn bhiorach | sharpened ends of rods. |
| lìon | the netting. Attached to base by marlin twine – sreanganan (strings). |
| cur lìon air cliabh | netting a creel. |
| Tha mi comhdachadh a’ chliabh. | |
| sùil | the eye. |
| clach | weight. |
| sreang bhiathaidh | bait-holder. |
| ròpa | rope (manilla). |
| buidhe, buidheachan | floats. |
| arachd, arachdan | cork floats. |
| dorus | door (for admitting hand). |
| ròbh, robhaichean (pl) | fleet of creels, when attached to a single line. |
| Fishing |
| cur a-mach nan cléibh | shooting a creel. |
| slaodadh | hauling a creel. |
| biadh-chléibh | bait. |
| kinds used |
| reannach (righinn) | |
| lèabagan (righinn) | |
| sgat (righinn) | |
| Cleaning a creel, what creatures found within |
| glanadh a’ chléibh | cleaning a creel. |
| cruban, crubain (m) | |
| partan | |
| conach (m), conachagan | whelk, 3" [?] long. |
| Other terms |
| milleadh air an ròp | fraying, or frayed, rope. |
| ropa briste | broken rope. |
| Tha an cliabh an greim | creel wedged on ground. |
| ceangal na spògan le sreang | tying claws of lobsters. |
| bocsa ghiomach | keep-box. |
| acair, acraichean | moorings of keep-box. |
