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:
shillelagh
Plural:
shillelaghs

Origin of Shillelagh

  • 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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