/sleɪn/, /slɑːn/
OriginBorrowed from Irish sleán, sleaghán.
- IrelandA one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.
“Little McTiernan at the Door is giving out short-handl’d Peat-Cutters styl’d, by the Irish, ‘Slanes’.”
- A town in County Meath, Ireland.
- A surname.
Formsslanes(plural) · slean(alternative) · Slanes(plural)