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cashel

/ˈkæʃəl/

cashel noun: in early Ireland, a ringfort or a circular stone structure used for defense.

Noun

cashel (plural cashels)

  1. (historical) In early Ireland, a ringfort or a circular stone structure used for defense.
    • A cashel is basically a ringfort (a circulr living area surrounded by an earthen bank and ditch) in which the bank surrounding the settlement is a stone wall; often, cashels did not have a surrounding ditch.2013, Pamela Crabtree, Medieval Archaeology: An Encyclopedia

Proper noun capitalized: Cashel

Cashel

  1. A town in County Tipperary, Ireland.
  2. A village in County Galway, Ireland.
  3. A village in County Mayo, Ireland, officially called An Caiseal.
  4. A hamlet in Unionville, Markham, Ontario, Canada.
  5. A village in Manicaland, Zimbabwe.
  6. A surname.

Forms of cashel

pluralcashels

Origin of cashel

From Irish caiseal, from Old Irish caisel, from Latin castellum. Doublet of castell, castellum, castle, and château.

Questions about cashel

What does cashel mean?
Cashel means in early Ireland, a ringfort or a circular stone structure used for defense.
What part of speech is cashel?
Cashel can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce cashel?
Cashel is pronounced /ˈkæʃəl/.
What is the plural of cashel?
The plural of cashel is cashels.

Words near cashel in the dictionary

  1. cashed-up
  2. cashed-up bogan
  3. cashed-up bogans
  4. casheer
  5. casheers
  6. cashel
  7. cashels
  8. Cashen
  9. Cashens
  10. casher
  11. casher box

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