solan

American  

[soh-luhn] / ˈsoʊ lən /

noun

1. a gannet.

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solan British  

/ ˈsəʊlən /

noun

1. an archaic name for the gannet

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Etymology

Origin of solan

1400–50; late Middle English soland < Old Norse sūla gannet + ǫnd duck

Example Sentences

Beyond the keeper of the lighthouse there are only one or two families of poor fisher-folk, who sustain a precarious existence by their nets, and by the capture of cormorants and solan geese.

From The Captain of the Polestar by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

There never was the solan made that wroucht as that solan wroucht; and it seemed to understand its employ brawly, birzing the saft rope between the neb of it and a crunkled jag o’ stane.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The solan keekit doun into Tam’s face, and there was something unco in the creature’s ee.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

He had charge, besides, of the solan geese that roosted in the crags; and from these an extraordinary income is derived.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

"Rin, Geordie, rin to the boat, mak' sure of the boat, man--rin!" he cries, "or yon solan 'll have it awa'," says he.

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Stevenson, Robert Louis