pùball

See also: puball

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish pupall (“tent, pavilion; awning or baldaquin over a chariot”).

Noun

pùball m (genitive singular pùbaill, plural pùballan)

  1. tent, pavilion, booth, marquee
    Shuidhich iad am pùbaill.
    They pitched their tents.
  2. alcove
  3. covering

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “pupall” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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