(1) neat, trim (M`F., H.S.D., Arms.), (2) hairy (= peallach, of which it is a side form, H.S.D., etc.), fretful, curious-looking (M`A.). The second sense belongs to peallach, the first to piol: "pilled".
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language.
Alexander Gairm Publications.
1982.
