PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ fód, layer of sods (in turf bank).
4. Cré bheatha, (fertile layer of) soil.
~ pailise, palisade layer.
~ snátha, band of thread; wound layer of thread.
~ an bhuailte, (layer of straw under) corn-sheaves laid out for threshing.
An ~ feannóige, the top layer of sods on a turf-stack.
An ~ glas, the upper layer of grass land, the greensward.
~ a chur ar rud, rud a chur i bh~, to face, to build up the outside of, sth.; to cover sth. with layer of other material.
Na hionair imeallacha, the outer layers.
~a dearga, glasa, (red, grey) bedrock layers.
Leag ina ~eanna ar a chéile iad, place them in layers on top of each other.
Tá siad ag fás ina ~eanna, they are growing in layers.
~eanna chloch aoil, layers of limestone.