cascrom
/ˈkaskɹəm/
cascrom noun: a type of foot plough with a crooked spade component, used in the Scottish Highlands.
Noun
cascrom (plural cascroms)
- A type of foot plough with a crooked spade component, used in the Scottish Highlands.
- That excellent instrument the cascrom, literally crooked foot, a kind of foot plough, which the Highlanders can manage with great dexterity, and which is too little known,* is still used in mountainous districts, and, from its excellent adaptation to the culture of rugged and steep hills, where a...1843, James Logan, The Scottish Gaël; Or, Celtic Manners: As Preserved Among the Highlanders, 1st American Edition, page 309
- The other was the “cascrom,” a very old Celtic implement, intermediate between the spade and the plough.1866, The St. James's Magazine and United Empire Review, Volume 16: April—July, page 90
Examples of cascrom in a sentence
- And so complete was the carnage within the gloom of the corrie that never a man of the erewhile friendly crofters returned to work the cascrom within the township of Achnashee.1900, The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes, volume 10, page 293:
- The cascrom, or foot-plough, was at this time unknown in Arran.1982, W. M. MacKenzie, The Book of Arran: History and Folklore, page 200:
- The ‘cascrom’, or crooked spade, was the most important tool for agriculture throughout the Western Isles and major parts of the mainland Highlands.2007, Martin Rackwitz, Travels to Terra Incognita: The Scottish Highlands and Hebrides in Early Modern Travellers' Accounts c. 1600 to...
Forms of cascrom
| plural | cascroms |
|---|---|
| alternative form | caschrom |
Origin of cascrom
From Scottish Gaelic, from cas (“foot”) + crom (“crooked, bent”).
Questions about cascrom
- What does cascrom mean?
- Cascrom means a type of foot plough with a crooked spade component, used in the Scottish Highlands.
- How do you use cascrom in a sentence?
- And so complete was the carnage within the gloom of the corrie that never a man of the erewhile friendly crofters returned to work the cascrom within the township of Achnashee.
- What part of speech is cascrom?
- Cascrom is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cascrom?
- Cascrom is pronounced /ˈkaskɹəm/.
- What is the plural of cascrom?
- The plural of cascrom is cascroms.
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