dorgh

duirgh, sm Handline for fishing, as applied to the whole arrangement by means of which a piece of wire or whalebone is used to connect the lines to which the hooks are attached with the line held in the hand. †2 Mason's line. [also spelt dorbh, dorga, dro, drobha and drogha].

Parts of a Handline:

1 Sreang. In Gairloch, streang, part of line held in the hand.
2 Bodag, loop of string at each end of meigh.
3 Meigh, piece of strong wire.
4 Clach-luaidhe, lead.
5 Cas-ghaoisid, part of line attached to hook, usually in two parts, each called snòthd.
6 Dubhan, hook.
7 Snaim, snaime-gaoisid, knot.
8 Snàthgaladh, the thread wound round the cas-ghaoisid and dubhan, to attach the latter to the hair line.
9 Clàrag, square frame, on which line is wound.
10 Cròcan, or gòbhlag, fork-shaped twig, barked or otherwise, for the same purpose. When neither frame nor twig is used, the line is hanked and called conn.

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