- òirleach
- an inch, Irish órlach, ordlach, Middle Irish ordlach, tri hordlaighe, three inches; from ordu, thumb, now Gaelic òrdag q.v.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.
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