- falluing
- a mantle, so Irish, Middle Irish fallaing, Latinised form phalingis (Geraldus), dat.pl., Welsh ffaling; from Latin palla, mantle, pallium. Cf. Old French pallion, Middle English pallioun. Middle English falding, sort of coarse cloth (Hend.).
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.