spreagh

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noun

Plunder, especially cattle taken as booty.

OriginScottish Gaelic sprèidh →
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Meanings

nounspreagh (countable and uncountable, plural spreaghs)

plural spreaghs · alternative spreath

  1. ScotlandcountableobsoleteuncountablePlunder, especially cattle taken as booty.

Origin

  1. Scottish Gaelicsprèidh“cattle”
  2. Englishspreagh

From Scottish Gaelic sprèidh (“cattle”).

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APA

spreagh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spreagh

MLA

“spreagh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spreagh. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spreagh,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spreagh.

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