cabhuil

cabhuil
a conical basket for catching fish; from Middle English cawell, a fish basket, still used in Cornwall, Anglo-Saxon cawl. Cf. Breton kavell, bow-net, Old Breton cauell, basket, cradle; from Latin cauuella, a vat, etc. (Loth, Ernault).

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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