cashel
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
/ˈkæʃəl/
Definition of cashel
7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(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.”
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noun
-
(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.”
name
- A town in County Tipperary, Ireland.
- A village in County Galway, Ireland.
- A village in County Mayo, Ireland, officially called An Caiseal.
- A hamlet in Unionville, Markham, Ontario, Canada.
- A village in Manicaland, Zimbabwe.
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Irish caiseal, from Old Irish caisel, from Latin castellum. Doublet of castell, castellum, castle, and château.
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