cailleachn.

/ˈkal(j)əx/

Forms: In Scott cailliach.

Etymology: Gaelic cailleach old woman, originally ‘nun’, < caille pallium, veil.

An old (Highland) woman, a crone.

ΚΠ

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xviii. 280 Some cailliachs (that is, old women) that were about Donald's hand.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 121 Think you the Clan Quhele have no cailliachs, as active as old Dorothy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cailleach
释义	cailleachn. /ˈkal(j)əx/ Forms: In Scott cailliach. Etymology: Gaelic cailleach old woman, originally ‘nun’, < caille pallium, veil. An old (Highland) woman, a crone. ΚΠ 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xviii. 280 Some cailliachs (that is, old women) that were about Donald's hand. View more context for this quotation 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 121 Think you the Clan Quhele have no cailliachs, as active as old Dorothy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1814
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