Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
bandel . - noun A lineal measure or cloth-measure somewhat more than half a yard in length, used in the southern and western parts of Ireland.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An Irish measure of two feet in length.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
Irish measure of twofeet inlength .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Irish bannlamh cubit, from bann a measure + lamh hand, arm.
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Examples
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'Zanger' Mark E. Smith leek het veel te druk te hebben met het ruziemaken met bandle-den en ex-vrouwen om nog muzikale aktiviteiten van enig belang te kunnen ontplooien.
FallNews - anecdotes 1999
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But let's hope that they're not bandle with any game.
Anime Nano! 2008
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a plain reddish clay, fired without a glaze and made without a bandle, but the lip of it was smooth when she brought it up to her mouth and it held the tea's heat well.
Moonheart De Lint, Charles, 1951- 1990
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