- painntear
- a snare, Irish painteur, Middle Irish painntér; from Middle English pantere, snare for birds, Old French pantiere. Hence English painter, boat rope.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.
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Painter — Paint er (p[=a]nt [ e]r), n. [OE, pantere a noose, snare, F. panti[ e]re, LL. panthera, L. panther a hunting net, fr. Gr. panqh ra; pa^s all + qh r beast; cf. Ir. painteir a net, gin, snare, Gael. painntear.] (Naut.) A rope at the bow of a boat,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
