| [hɛçc] | Notes: slatted wooden frame to hold hay for feeding horses. |
| leabaidh | Notes: straw bedding. |
| leasaich | Quotation: talamh leasaichte. Notes: redland. 3rd year in 5-year crop rotation. (See Gilbert Clark’s) |
| leibhreagan | [lʹevɾəɡɑṉ] Quotation: leibhreagan a’ fhraoich. Notes: a small yellow flower which grows among the heather. |
| lìobhragach | [lʹi:vɾɑɡɑx] Notes: green slimy growth found in wells, streams, etc. during dry weather. Also applied to green growth on slates or on wood cast ashore. |
| loireadh | [ɫɔʔɾəɣ] Quotation: “Nach e a fhuair a’ loireadh.” Notes: a good pummelling. |
| mainnsear | Quotation: am mainnsear. Notes: the manger (stable). |
| maol | Quotation: caora mhaol. Notes: Cheviot. |
| maolag | [mw:ɫɑɡ] Notes: small wooden vessel used for milking. |
| math | Quotation: Gu robh math [kɔrɔmɛ̃] (agad). Notes: Thank you. |
| marcaich | Quotation: diollaid marcachd. Notes: riding saddle. |
| moch-eirigh | Quotation: Am fear ainm na moch-eirigh, faodaidh e cadal gu meadhon-la. |
| molt | Notes: wedder. |
| mortaigeil | [mɔrṯiɡʹəl] Quotation: am mortaigeil. Notes: a strap joining the haimes to the “giort”. Went down the breast and in between the forelegs. Was done up attractively for shows. |
| muc | Quotation: gnos muice. Notes: sow-mouth. In sheep, cattle and horses where the lower jaw is short. |
| rèile | [rɛ:lə] Notes: rails on a cart. Na rèilichean móra: the additional rails put on for high loads. |
| reithe | Notes: ram. |
| roth | Notes: wheel. |
| rùbail | [ru:bəl] Notes: trouble. (n. and vb.) |
| rumach (adj) | Notes: muddy, miry as a place where cattle have been churning the ground to mud with their stamping. |
| troch | [t̪ɾɔx] Quotation: an troch. Notes: horse-trough. |
| adagachadh | Notes: making stooks of corn. There would often be as little as six sheaves in it – two pairs side by side and one at each end. |
| iarunn | Quotation: (1) an iarunn bonn. (2) an iarunn cliathaich. Notes: (1) the edge plate of the plough. (2) the bottom plate of the plough. |
| imleag | Quotation: an imleag. Notes: the hub, or nave of the wheel (cart). |
| nodan | [n̪ɔʔd̪ɑ̃ṉ] Notes: the lower joint in a horse’s leg. |
| òigeach | Notes: stallion. |
| pab | Quotation: a’ pabadh. Notes: giving blows. |
| pailleart | [pɑlʹɑrt̪] Quotation: Bheir mi pailleart ort. Notes: a light blow. |
| pollag | [poɫɑɡ] Notes: nostril. |
| sia-raitheach | [ʃɛ:rɑʔɑx] Notes: 18 month-old heifer. |
| slat | Quotation: a’ slat beòil. Notes: piece of wood, one on each side of cart. ?? |
| smiùir | Quotation: a’ smiuireadh [sic] [smjũ̟:ɾəɣ] na caoraich. Notes: tarring the sheep as a method of disinfection. |
| smuiseal | [smũ̟ʃɑɫ] Quotation: a’ smuiseal. Notes: The “muzzle” of the plough. The chain from the main swingle-tree was attached to this. Had different settings to alter the position of the plough. |
| soc | Notes: the sock of the plough. |
| spàg | Quotation: spàg, spàgan. Notes: handles of plough. |
| spéic | Quotation: na spéicean. Notes: the 12 spokes of the cartwheel. |
| speir | [speɾ] Notes: joint corresponding to the knee on a horse’s hindlegs. |
| spoth | Quotation: a’ spoth nan uan. Notes: castrate. |
| spuir | [spu̟ɾ] Quotation: pl [spu̟ɾəṉ]. Notes: hard growth on the inside of a horse’s knee. |
| srian | Quotation: srian gaosaid. Notes: reins made of horse hair. |
| stàile | [sṯɑ:lə] Notes: stall for each horse in a stable. |
| staoth | [st̪ɤ] Quotation: Bha iad a’ gearradh air a’ [st̪ɤ]. Notes: cutting the corn, hay etc. in swathes. |
| stiùireap | [ʃtʹu̟:ɾɑp] Notes: stirrup. |
| strap | Quotation: na strapannan. Notes: iron bands holding in the wood of cartwheel nave. |
| sùgan | Notes: horse-collar. |
| sùgan | Quotation: sugan [sic] àrd. Notes: high horse collar. Built up high at the top and dressed. |
| sùgan | Quotation: sùgan connlach. Notes: straw collar used in the old days. |
| sùgan | Quotation: sùgan ìosal. Notes: ordinary working collar for a horse. (See sùgan àrd.) |
| sùganaich | Quotation: a’ sùganachadh a’ mhulan. Notes: lashing the stack. |
| sùil-chrith | Notes: small area of bog. |
| talamh | Quotation: talamh leasaichte. Notes: red land. 3rd year of 5-year crop rotation. (See Gilbert Clark’s.) |
| tanalachd | Notes: (n) shallow piece of land or water. |
| tarraing | Quotation: an tarraing. Notes: the chain from the main swingle tree to the plough. |
| thig | Quotation: Nan d’thàinig e an uair sin... Notes: If he had come then. |
| tog | Quotation: a’ togail. Notes: when binding corn, the act of lifting the sheaf of corn or barley and tying it. |
| treabhailear | [t̪ɾɛvəlɑɾ] Notes: the “runner” on the shaft of a cart. |
| urchaill | [u̟ɾɑxilʹ] Notes: furrow board. |
| aisil | [ɑʃəl] Notes: axle (cart). |
| ath-dhìonag | Notes: if it doesn’t have a lamb in its second year, the “dìonag” becomes an “ath-dhìonag”. (See Dìonag) |
| bacman | [bɑxkmɑ̃ṉ] Quotation: am bacman. Notes: strap over the back of the horse to keep the “drag chains” from falling down when the horse turns. |
| bad | Quotation: “Bheir dhith bad dheth.” Notes: a handful (of hay or straw). |
| badach | Quotation: caora bhadach. Notes: a sheep with a small tuft on its forehead. |
| bàrr | Quotation: barrannan a’ bhuntàt. Notes: potato shoots. |
| biolair | Notes: watercress. |
| bloc | [blɔxk] Quotation: am bloc. Notes: a square block of wood, hanging from a rope which went round the horse’s neck. The rope passed through a ring attached to a post. It allowed a limited freedom of movement. |
| bó | Quotation: bó chleideagach. Notes: when a cow has been in all year and her coat is hanging tasselled with dirt. |
| bó | Quotation: bó ghibeach. Notes: shaggy cow. |
| bó | Quotation: bó odhar. Notes: dun cow. |
| bó | Quotation: bó riabhach. Notes: brindled cow. |
| bogha | Notes: plural – boghachan. The rope going over the top of the stack. |
| bolg | Quotation: [əvɔɫɔɡ]. Notes: the belly. |
| bóta | [bo:d̪ə] Quotation: am bóta. Notes: the bolt going down through shaft, clogs and axle of a cart. |
| braid | [bɾɑidʹ] Notes: haimes. |
| brangas | [bɾɛ̃ŋɡəs] Notes: headpiece put on horses when tethered. It consisted of a piece of wood coming down each of the horse’s cheeks, with a rope joining them underneath. The tether rope was attached in such a way that when the horse pulled at the tether the pieces of wood tightened on its cheeks and forced it to stop pulling. |
| brigeis | [bɾıɡʹəs] Notes: breeches. |
| brocach | Quotation: caora brocach [vɾɔxkɑx] or brochdach. Notes: a sheep having a speckled face. |
| bròg | Quotation: a’ bhròg. Notes: the hoof. |
| broilleach | [bɾɔlʹɑx] Notes: breast (of a horse). |
| buail | [bu̟əl] Quotation: buail na bà. Notes: cowstall. |
| buarach | Notes: cow-fetter. |
| bàthach | Quotation: a’ cartadh a’ bhàthach. Notes: cleaning out the byre. |
| biorach | Quotation: a’ bhiorach [əvıɾɑx]. Notes: cow at first calving (2½ years). |
| cailleach-bhuaineadh | [kɑlʹɑxvu̟ɤṉəɣ] Notes: the last handful of corn at harvest-time was taken in, made into a St. Andrew’s Cross, decorated with ribbon and hung inside the house on a nail. The two horses got a half-share each of this before they started the ploughing in spring. |
| caora | Quotation: caora bhadach. Notes: a sheep having a small tuft on its forehead. |
| caora | Quotation: caora bhrocach [vɾɔxkɑx] or bhrochdach. Notes: sheep with a speckled face. |
| caora | Quotation: caora croimheagach [sic]. Notes: a sheep with maggots. [NOTES: slipped under ‘caora chroimheagach’.] |
| caora | Quotation: caora dhubh-cheannach. Notes: a black-faced sheep. |
| caora | Quotation: caora mhaol. Notes: Cheviot. |
| capull | Notes: mare. [NOTES: slipped under ‘capall’.] |
| carbad | Quotation: carbad an diollaid. Notes: metal channel set in wood across the saddle for the chain from the shafts to slide in. |
| cartadh | Quotation: a’ cartadh a’ bhàthach. Notes: cleaning out the byre. |
| ceangal | Quotation: pl. ceangaltaichean [ceʔəɫt̪ıçəṉ]. Notes: tether rope attached to the side of the stall. Usually had two cows in every stall. |
| cearcall | Notes: iron rim of cartwheel. |
| cearcall | Quotation: cearcall a’ ghrìs. Notes: circular plate on the hub of a cartwheel to keep the grease in. |
| ciall | [ciʔəl] Notes: a cheek; also applied to part of doorpost opposite the edge of the door when it is closed. |
| ciste | Quotation: an ciste shiol. Notes: for storing grain. |
| claimh | Quotation: a’ chlaimh [əxɫɑıf]. Notes: “The Scab” in sheep. (See Donald Ferguson’s.) |
| cleideagach | Quotation: bó chleideagach. Notes: when a cow has been inside all year and her coat is hanging tasselled with dirt. |
| clogs | Quotation: na “clogs”. Notes: wooden block about 9" deep and 2ft long resting on the axle at each end (to raise the box of the cart). |
| cnocach | Notes: full of small hillocks. |
| coltair | Quotation: an coltair. Notes: “coulter” of the plough. |
| crèileag | [kɾɛ:lɑɡ] Notes: miniature creel or basket for holding potatoes. |
| cripidh | [kɾipi] Quotation: an cripidh. Notes: three-legged stool used for milking. |
| cròcach | [kɾɔ:xkɑx] Notes: apparatus with spikes attached to it which was fitted over a calf’s mouth (or head) to prevent it from suckling its mother. |
| crog | Notes: an old sheep, after 4th or 5th lamb. |
| croimheag | [kɾɔıɑɡ] Quotation: a’ chroimheag. Notes: maggot (as in sheep). |
| croimheagach | Quotation: caora chroimheagach. Notes: sheep with maggots. |
| croinnean | Quotation: [əŋᵏɾɔ̃nʹɑnʹ]. Notes: cloven hoof. |
| cuillean | [ku̜lʹ:ɑ̃ṉ] Notes: stubble land. (See G. Clark’s.) 2nd year of 5-year crop rotation. |
| cuip | [ku̜ıp] Quotation: an cuip. Notes: whip. |
| damh | Notes: castrated male once it is a year old. |
| deireadh | Quotation: an deireadh. Notes: the board at the back of the cart. |
| deisealan | [dʹʒeʃəɫɑ̃ṉ] Quotation: Bheir mi dhuit … mu’n chluais. Notes: cuff. |
| diollaid | Quotation: diollaid marcachd. Notes: riding saddle. |
| dìonag | Notes: a sheep in its second year. Put to ram about November of second year and becomes a “caora” when it lambs the following spring. (See ath-dhìonag.) |
| druim | Quotation: druim a’ chrann. Notes: the main shaft of the plough. |
| drumach | [d̪ɾũʔmɑx] Notes: chain going over the saddle from the shafts. |
| dubh-cheannach | Quotation: caora dhubh-cheannach. Notes: black-faced sheep. |
| dùnan | Quotation: an dùnan. Notes: the dung heap. |
| éirigh | Quotation: Tha éirigh mhath air a’ chloimh. Tha droch éirigh air a’ chloimh. Notes: terms used when clipping sheep. Applied to the growth of new wool next the skin. |
| feur | [fiɑɾ] Notes: lea land. 1st year of 5-year rotation. (See G. Clark.) |
| feurlochan | [fɛ:ɾɫɔxɑṉ] Notes: grassy pond. |
| fìor-uisge | Notes: a spring. |
| gath-muing | [ɡɑmũ̜ĩ] Notes: mane. |
| geàrr | Quotation: a’ gearradh nan uan. Notes: castrate (euphemism). |
| gearrachuill | [ɡʹɑrɑxu̟lʹ] Quotation: an gearrachuill. Notes: the master-tree or main swingle tree. |
| gibeach | Quotation: bó ghibeach. Notes: shaggy cow. |
| giort | [ɡwrt̪] Quotation: an giort. Notes: saddle belly strap. |
| glacach | Notes: full of small hollows. |
| gnos | Quotation: gnos muice. Notes: sow-mouth: in sheep, cattle, horses, where the lower jaw is short. |
| gnos-muic | Notes: sow-mouth. In sheep, cattle, horses, where the lower jaw is short. |
| gobhal | Quotation: ann an gobhal a’ chrann. Notes: between the handles of the plough. |
| goile | Quotation: goile cearc. Notes: hen’s stomach (“giaban” in Lewis?). |
| greallag | Quotation: na greallagan. Notes: the two smaller swingle trees for a pair of horses. |
| greallag | Notes: a shoulder frame used when carrying full pails. |
| guallainneach | [ɡu̜əɫĩnʹɑx] Notes: the chain from the collar to the shafts of a cart. “Drag-chain”. |
| guitear | Notes: a gutter (in byre). |
