hirsel

hirsel (plural hirsels)

1. (Scotland, Northern English) The entire stock on a farm or stock under the charge of a shepherd.

   There are two full hirsels worked on the land that forms the Creag Mhor Estate.

• Hilers, Riehls, Rishel, relish

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪrsl/, /ˈhʌrsl/

hirsel (plural hirsels)

1. (Scotland, Northern English) The entire stock on a farm or stock under the charge of a shepherd.

   There are two full hirsels worked on the land that forms the Creag Mhor Estate.

2. A multitude or throng.
3. A slithering movement.
4. A wheeze.

hirsel (third-person singular present hirsels, present participle hirselin, past hirselt, past participle hirselt)

1. To slither.
2. To wheeze.
3. (transitive) To put into different groups.