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clachan Sc. and N. Ireland.|ˈklaxən|
Forms: 6 clauchanne, 7 clauchan, 8 claughan, 9 clachen, 7– clachan.
[Gaelic clachan ‘village, hamlet, burying-place’ (Shaw), app. f. clach stone.
The form in modern Gaelic, with secondary accent on -an, is that of a diminutive of clach; but it is not clear what the original sense was; its most common current use is ‘stepping-stones’ across a stream, but it has been used for ‘village’ in Gaelic song and phrase. It used to be said that the three requisites of a Highland village were a church, an inn, and a smithy; hence the contextual use of clachan both for ‘the church’ and the ‘public-house’. (Prof. Mackinnon.)]
A small village or hamlet in the Highlands or west of Scotland. Also attrib.
1425Wyntoun Cron. xi. xvii. 9 (Jam.) Clachin Yha. 1581Sc. Act Jas. VI (1597) §116 Passing to Burrows, Townes, Clauchannes and Aile-houses. 1640Galston Sess. Rec. in Old Ch. Life Scotl. (1885) 209 Two of the elders..ordained to go throw the Clachan at ten at night. 1642Ayr Presbyt. Minutes ibid. 59 Thair could not ane audience be had in the clauchan. 1785Burns Death & Dr. Hornbook iii, The clachan yill had made me canty. 1829Scott Rob Roy Introd., The goodwife of the clachan had hidden Cunningham's sword. 1872Blackie Lays Highl. 83 From every clachan in long Glencoe. 1880Antrim & Down Gloss., Clachan, a small cluster of cottages. |