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curach

-aich, -ean, sf Boat made of wicker, and covered with skins or hides, coracle. 2 Canoe, skiff. 3** Marsh, fen, bog. The coracle or boat of leather and wicker, may seem to moderns a very unsafe vehicle to trust to in tempestuous seas, yet our forefathers fearlessly committed themselves in these slight pinnaces to the mercy of the most violent weather. They were once much in use in the Western Isles and are still found in Wales. The framework is called crannaghal, a word now used in Uist to signify a frail boat. [†† gives sm]


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Facal-luirg/Search termBreith buntainneis
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bog 50
curach 100
hell 0
leather 0
western isles 0
Thia, feumaidh sinn… 50