- eileir
- I
the notch on the staves of a cask where the bottom is fixed. (In Arg. èarrach):IIa deer's walk, eileirig, where deer were driven to battue them. Hence the common place-name Elrick. Book of Deer in d-elerc?IIIsequestered region, etc.; See eilthir.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.