clochán

noun

An old dry-stone hut with a corbelled roof, commonly found on the southwest Irish coast.

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Meanings

nounclochán (plural clocháns)

plural clocháns

  1. An old dry-stone hut with a corbelled roof, commonly found on the southwest Irish coast.

Origin

  1. Irishclochán
  2. Englishclochán

From Irish clochán.

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APA

clochán. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloch%C3%A1n

MLA

“clochán.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloch%C3%A1n. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clochán,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloch%C3%A1n.

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