gobhal

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gabul (“fork, forked branch”).

Noun

gobhal m (genitive singular gobhail or goibhle, plural goibhlean)

  1. fork
  2. crotch
    gobhal na briogaise - the crotch of the trousers
  3. prop, post, pillar
  4. bifurcation
  5. descendant, branch
  6. prong

Derived terms
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