clachan
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of clachan
1375–1425; late Middle English ( Scots ) < Scots Gaelic, equivalent to clach stone + -an diminutive suffix
Example Sentences
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As well as a clan banquet, the event included a visit to Hanna's Close, a clachan of traditional houses, which has been in place in Aughnahoory just outside Kilkeel since the 1640s.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2023
This page has since been fixed with proper Scots and now states that a veelage is “muckler nor a clachan but no as muckle nor a toun.”
From Slate • Sep. 9, 2020
Most picturesque exhibit is a full-scale Highland clachan squat in the middle of the fair's modernistic, pastel-shaded buildings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even Gillespie, the most dreaded poacher and wildest man in the clachan, was softened in tone and like a child when talking to the “good Miss Grants,” as they were always called.
From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Stables, Gordon
And she bade us finish our meat, get clear of the clachan as soon as might be, and lie close in the bit wood on the sea beach.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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