| 单词 |
shillelagh |
| 释义 |
shillelagh|ʃɪˈleɪlə, -ˈleɪlɪ|
Forms: (7 Shelela), 8 shelaly, shillaley, 8–9 shillela, 6 shilala, shillala(h, shilela(h, -elagh, shillely, -aly, shillealah, 8– shillelah, 9– shillelagh.
[The name of a barony and village in Co. Wicklow.]
An Irish cudgel of blackthorn or oak.[1677A. Yarranton Eng. Improv. 39 The River Slane..with that noble great and good Wood called Shelela. 1773Batchelor No. 27 (ed. 2) 183 Shillela's knotted cudgels fail.] 1772Town & Country Mag. 36 ‘By Jes-s, and that's mine!’ exclaim'd I, grasping my shelaly. 1785Grose Dict. Vulgar T., Shillaley, an oaken sapling, or cudgel, (Irish) from a wood of that name famous for its oaks. c1800? Lysaght Song, ‘The Sprig of Shillelah’, With his sprig of Shillelah and shamrock so green! 1827Sir J. Barrington Pers. Sketches I. 74 He bore a shillelagh, the growth of his own estate. 1834S. Lover Leg. & Stor. Irel. Ser. ii. 297 He bowlted into the cabin wid a murtherin' shillely in his fist. 1862Borrow Wales II. ix. 91 His hat in one hand and his shillealah in the other. |
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