TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
haiste, m. (gs. ~, pl. -tí). Hatch. 1. Nau: ~ a dhruidim, a dhaingniú, to batten down, secure, a hatch. 2. Hatchway. 3. Floodgate.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Dhaingnigh siad (síos) na haistí, they battened down the hatches.
Haistí a ~adh, to batten down hatches.
Na haistí a theannadh, to batten down the hatches.