caman

/ ˈkæmən /

noun

1. shinty the wooden stick used to hit the ball

Word History and Origins

Origin of caman¹

C19: from Gaelic

Example Sentences

Shinty is his first love, and was a regular with Oban Celtic until he reluctantly had to hang up his Caman lest an injury derailed his golf.

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“Since theshinty stick, the ‘caman,’ is two-faced, there is no preference, left or right, in stick coordination.

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A new generation of Inveraray MacPhersons - apparently his grandad has already bought the new arrival a caman and ball.

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To those who know their traditional music, this is the Ardagh Chalice of Irish concert flutes, as legendary as a Christy Ring caman or a Jimi Hendrix guitar, or a pair of Pele's football boots.

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Edward the Black Prince left to his confessor his bed of red caman, with his arms embroidered on each corner.

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