pirn

[ purn, pirn ]

nounBritish Dialect.
  1. a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.

  2. a fishing reel.

Origin of pirn

1
1400–50; late Middle English pyrne< ?

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British Dictionary definitions for pirn

pirn

/ (pɜːn, Scottish pɪrn) /


nounScot
  1. a reel or bobbin

  2. (in weaving) the spool of a shuttle

  1. a fishing reel

Origin of pirn

1
C15: of uncertain origin

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