/ˈɛlzɪn/
OriginFrom Middle English aslen, elsen (“an awl or some other pointed instrument or tool”), either from Middle Dutch elsene, alsene, from Old High German alansa, from Proto-Germanic *alasnō, or from an unrecorded Old English form.
- UK, dialectal, obsoleteA shoemaker's awl.
Formselsins(plural) · elsen(alternative)
Source: Wiktionary