Complete Definition of "slane"

English

Etymology
Irish sleán, sleaghán.

Pronunciation
IPA|/sleɪn/, /sl�:n/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪn|-eɪn

Noun
en-noun

  1. (Anglo-Irish) a spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft

#:*1997: Little McTiernan? at the Door is giving out short-handl�d Peat-Cutters styl�d, by the Irish, �Slanes�. � Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon

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