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Webster 1913 Edition


Shillelah

{

Shil-la′lah

,

Shil-le′lah

}
,
Noun.
An oaken sapling or cudgel; any cudgel; – so called from Shillelagh, a place in Ireland of that name famous for its oaks.
[Irish]
[Written also
shillaly
, and
shillely
.]

Definition 2024


shillelah

shillelah

English

Noun

shillelah (plural shillelahs)

  1. Alternative form of shillelagh

References

  • shillelah in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913