cuibheall

== Scottish Gaelic == === Alternative forms === cuidheall === Etymology === Borrowed from Scots quhel, quheil (“wheel”), from Middle English whele (compare Manx queeyl and Antrim Irish cuidhil). === Noun === cuibheall f (genitive singular cuibhill or cuibhle, plural cuibhleachan) (chiefly Harris, Skye, Mull) wheel Synonyms: cuibhle, roth coil spinning wheel reel, yarn-windlass whirl, whirling, reeling cock of hay circle circular motion ==== Derived terms ==== cuidheall-shnìomha f (“spinning wheel”) saor-chuibhleachan m (“wheelwright”) === References === Edward Dwelly (1911), “cuibheall”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN