- cliob
- I
to stumble, cliobach, stumbling, awkward. Cf. Scottish clypock, a fall. See cliob.IIanything dangling, excrescence, cliobain, a dew-lap, Irish cliob, clibín; also Irish cliobach, hairy, shaggy, clibóg, a (shaggy) colt, etc. Cf. Scottish clype, an ugly, ill-shaped fellow: origin unknown (Murray); clip, a colt, German klepper, palfrey. Root ql$$.$$g, stumpy, Greek $$Gkolobós.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.