Elsin Definition

noun

(UK, dialect) A shoemaker's awl.

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Other Word Forms of Elsin

Noun

Singular:
elsin
Plural:
elsins

Origin of Elsin

  • From Middle English aslen, elsen (“an awl or some other pointed instrument or tool”), either from Middle Dutch elsene, alsene, from Old High German alansa, alansa, from Proto-Germanic *ali-sn, Proto-Germanic *ala-sn, or from an unrecorded OE form.

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