- toirsgian
- a peat-cutting spade, toirpsgian (M`A.); a hybrid from Norse torf, turf, peat, and Gaelic sgian. Cf. Norse torf-skeri, peat-cutter.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.
toirsgian
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