Shillelagh Definition
zhilālē, zhilālə
noun
A club or cudgel.
Webster's New World
A wooden (especially oaken) club ending with a large knob.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- shillalah
Other Word Forms of Shillelagh
Noun
Singular:
shillelaghPlural:
shillelaghsOrigin of Shillelagh
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Either from Shillelagh, County Wicklow, in Ireland (from Irish Síol (“descendants") Éalaigh (a name)), because the forest near it provided the wood from which such clubs were made, or from sail (“cudgel") + éille (“thong").
From Wiktionary
After Shillelagh , a village of east-central Ireland where cudgels were made with wood from the formerly extensive local oak forests
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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