camann.
/ˈkamən/ The stick or club used in shinty.
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1891 Daily News 12 Oct. 5/6 The camman is the club..with which the Gaelic athletes play their favourite game.
1900 19th Cent. Aug. 307 Each man has a caman or hurley—a stick, about three feet long, with a bend or curve at the end.
1905 P. A. Sheehan Glenanaar i The crack of the camans as they crossed in the air above or on the grass beneath.
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