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Meaning of cashel | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈkæʃəl

Definitions

  1. In early Ireland, a ringfort or a circular stone structure used for defense.
    historical
  2. A town in County Tipperary, Ireland.
  3. A village in County Galway, Ireland.
  4. A village in County Mayo, Ireland, officially called An Caiseal.
  5. A hamlet in Unionville, Markham, Ontario, Canada.
  6. A village in Manicaland, Zimbabwe.
  7. A surname.

Equivalents

Gaeilge caiseal

Examples

“A cashel is basically a ringfort (a circulr living area surrounded by an earthen bank and ditch) in which the bank surrounding the settlement is a stone wall; often, cashels did not have a surrounding ditch.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Cashen casher casher box Cashes Cashew cashew apple

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