cliob

cliob
I
to stumble, cliobach, stumbling, awkward. Cf. Scottish clypock, a fall. See cliob.
II
anything 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. . 1982.

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