TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
dorú, m. (gs. ~, pl. -ruithe). 1. (Cord-)line. (a) ~ (iascaireachta), fishing-line. ~ grinnill, ground-line. (Ag) iascaireacht le ~, line-fishing. Cailleadh an ~ (agus an duáin) ort! Worse luck to you! (b) Marking-line, levelling-line. ~ ingir, pluma, plumb-line. ~ feádóireachta, (swinging) plumb-line. ~ aigigh, luaidhe, plummet-, lead-, line. ~ talún, marking-line (in trenching, etc.). Coirdín ~, cord-line; light rope. ~ a chur le rud, to mark sth. with a line. As ~, out of alignment. 2. (Of seaweed) Doruithe Briain, sailors’ laces. (Var: dorug(h)a)
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ den dorú, draw in the fishing-line.
dorú, cast of fishing-line.
Dorú a chaitheamh, to cast a fishing-line.
~ as an dorú é, attach it to the fishing-line.
Dorú a ghlinneáil, to wind in a fishing-line.
~ dorú, saighne, fish caught with line, seine.
Dorú ~, slack fishing-line.