maide-eòin n.m.
[maide n. + eun n.]
forms
singular
nominative
- 1972
senses
A crow-stick, a stick or pole protruding from either end of the roof of a blackhouse to which the sìoman-fraoich or straw-rope is tied. See also maide-feannaig n., maide-fithich n., maide-starraig n., spàrr-feannaig n.
- 1972DASG Fieldwork Archive Uig an Iar, Lewis
Maide-eòin, maide-feannaig | Bha na dhà againne. Ach ’se ‘maide-feannaig’ bu trice a chanadh sinn.