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cathairs

cathairs is the plural of cathair.

Meaning of cathair

Noun (1)

cathair (countable and uncountable, plural cathairs)

  1. (uncountable) The hair of a cat.
    • How can you tell a cat owner? all the little claw marks on their back...Or by the cathair that sticks to their suit.1993, Allen Warfield, Al Brooks, Effective Telemarketing: How to Sell Over the Telephone, page 111
  2. (countable) A single hair of a cat.
    • A pimpled chin, dark with cathairs, a mouthful of irregular teeth, were visible below helmet and goggles.1968, Benedict Kiely, Dogs Enjoy the Morning, Penguin Books, published 1971, page 18

Noun (2)

cathair (plural cathairs)

  1. An ancient Irish fortification of stone or earthwork.
    • Several cathairs which we have examined are not circular in plan, but appear to have been formed to suit the contour of the eminence upon which they stand; and others are of an oval form.1848, William F[rederick] Wakeman, “Raths or Duns”, in Archæologia Hibernica. A Hand-book of Irish Antiquities, Pagan and Christian: Especially of Such as Are Easy of Access from the Irish...

Questions about cathairs

What is cathairs the plural of?
Cathairs is the plural of cathair.

Words near cathairs in the dictionary

  1. cath
  2. Cath ed
  3. cath.
  4. Cathain
  5. cathair
  6. cathairs
  7. Cathal
  8. cathapsin
  9. Cathar
  10. catharanthalog
  11. catharanthine

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