- suanach
- a hide, skin, fleece, coarse garment, "plough rein" (Suth.); cf. Irish sunach, a kind of plaid:
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.
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