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crann-aodaich n.m.

[crann n. + aodach n.]

forms

singular

nominative

  • 1893-94
    Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness XIX 214 Crann-Aodaich.
  • 1962
    DASG Fieldwork Archive Ardhasaig, Harris An crann-aodaich.

genitive

senses

    • The cloth-beam in a weaving loom. See also garman-aodaich n.  

      • 1893-94
        Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness XIX 214
        Crann-Aodaich—Beam in front of loom on which the cloth is wound as it is woven.
      • 1895
        Calanas 2
        Crann-aodaich, cloth-beam
      • 1908
        An Deo-gréine III No. 7. 151
        Loom. […] Ionga a’ chroinn-aodaich, catch of a cloth beam.
      • 1911
        Dwelly Dictionary 84
        Beart-fhigheadaireachd […] Crann-aodaich, garman aodaich—Cloth beam.
      • 1962
        DASG Fieldwork Archive Ardhasaig, Harris
        An crann-aodaich | (often known merely as ‘an crann’) – the spool on which the finished cloth goes. 
      • 1972
        DASG Fieldwork Archive Quidinish, Harris
        Crann-aodaich | beam in a loom round which the cloth was rolled.