TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
cuaille, m. (gs. ~, pl. -llí). 1. Pole; stake, post. ~ báire, goal-post. Hist: ~ comhraic, challenge pole. ~ críche, teorann, boundary post. ~ eolais, signpost. ~ feistithe, mooring-post. ~ geata, gate post. ~ lampa, lamp-post. ~ teileagraif, telegraph pole. ~ tosaithe, starting-post. ~ treo, direction post. ~ treorach, alignment picket. Fál cuaillí, stake fence. S.a. cleas1 2, léim1 2(a). 2. Her: Pale. 3. Tall thin person; lank lazy person.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Balla, claí, cuaille, a ardú, to raise the height of a wall, a fence, a pole.
~ cuaille, crainn, top of pole, of tree.
~ an chuaille, somersault (using pole, stick).
Cuaille a chur suas, to erect a pole.
~ suas cuaillí, tithe, the erection of poles, of houses.
Teach, doras, cuaille, a dhaingniú, to secure a house, a door, a pole.
Cheangail sé den chuaille é, he tied it to the pole.
Cuaille, maide, eolais, signpost.
Ceap, cuaille, sciath, ~a, block, pole, shield, of alder.
Cuaille iarnaithe, pole shod with iron.
1. Balla, cuaille, foirgneamh, ~, low wall, pole, building.
~ boird, cuaille, table-, standard, lamp.
~ cuaillí, pole-planting.
Cuaille a shá sa talamh, to plant a stake in the ground.
Na cuaillí a ~adh go maith, to set the posts well apart.
~ plandaí, cuaillí, spacing of plants, of poles.
Tá ~ ar na cuaillí agat, you have the poles tilted.
Cuaille, crann loinge, a thógáil, to erect a pole, a ship’s mast.