Slane

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sleɪn/, /slÉ‘:n/
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Alternative forms

• slean

Origin

Borrowing from ga sleán, sleaghán.

Full definition of slane

Noun

1. (Ireland) 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

Anagrams

• elans
• lanes
• leans
• slean