Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• (acre): acaire

Noun

acair f ‎(genitive singular acrach, plural acraichean)

1. (nautical) anchor
2. stone (originally one used as an anchor)
3. acre of land
4. (agriculture) small stack of corn on field
5. hand-****
6. (architecture) stone to hold the thatch of a house in place

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 0 901771 92 9
• “2 ancaire” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.