TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
streachlán, m. (gs. & npl. -áin, gpl. ~). 1. Straggling, trailing, thing; tattered, untidy, thing. Tá ~ le do chóta, there is something trailing from your coat. Bhí osáin mo bhríste ina streachláin, the legs of my trousers were in shreds. ~ de theach, straggling house. ~ de shráidbhaile, sprawling village. ~ daoine, straggling line of people. 2. Draggle-tailed person; lanky, rangy, person. 3. Vet: Afterbirth.