shillelagh
Collocations
3ADJ.
formidable, produced
VERB + SHILLELAGH
making, poured
PREP.
in, with
Definitions
noun
A wooden (traditionally blackthorn (sloe) wood) club ending with a large knob.
[T]he stem of a stout young oak or ash tree, into the end of which, where the roots had been rounded off, a quantity of molten lead was poured, making the shillelagh more formidable in such hands than a sword would have been – much harder to parry, and impossible to break.
It beats all your guns and your rifles, / For it goes off whene'er you desire, / And it's sure to hit just what it aims at, / For shillelaghs they never miss fire.
Any cudgel, whether or not of Irish origin.
name
A village in County Wicklow, Ireland.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn)
- shillalah
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3[T]he stem of a stout young oak or ash tree, into the end of which, where the roots had been rounded off, a quantity of molten lead was poured, making the shillelagh more formidable in such hands than
WiktionaryIt beats all your guns and your rifles, / For it goes off whene'er you desire, / And it's sure to hit just what it aims at, / For shillelaghs they never miss fire.
Wiktionary"My sorrow!" cried Toirdealbhach. "What do I want to be a saint for at all, is my puzzle! If I could fetch one crack at somebody with me ould shillelagh"—here he produced a frightful-looking weapon fr
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