caiseal

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish caisel, from Latin castellum. Doublet of caistéal. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkaʃəl̪ˠ/, /ˈkaʃəlˠ/ === Noun === caiseal m (genitive singular caisil, nominative plural caisil) (ancient) stone fort unmortared stone wall boundary wall (of church, cemetery) ‘clamp’, built-up sods, on stack of turf (chess) rook, castle (architecture, of column) cincture spinning top ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: cashel ==== See also ==== === Mutation === === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “caiseal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caisel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language