cleachd

I

a practice, custom, Irish cleachdadh, Early Irish clechtaim, I am wont, *kl$$.cto-, root qel, as in Latin colo, English cultivate, Greek $$Gpélomai, go, be, etc. Cf., however, cleas.

II

a ringlet, a fillet of wool, Early Irish clechtaim, I plait (Cam.), Welsh pleth; from Latin plecto, English plait.