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hirsel
hirsel
English
Noun
hirsel (plural hirsels)
- (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.
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɪrsl/, /ˈhʌrsl/
Noun
hirsel (plural hirsels)
- (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.
- A slithering movement.
- A wheeze.
Verb
hirsel (third-person singular present hirsels, present participle hirselin, past hirselt, past participle hirselt)