maeshie
/ˈmeɪʃi/ /ˈmɛʃi/Scottish (chiefly Orkney and Shetland )
noun
A barrel-shaped wide-meshed basket or net made from straw, heather, or a similar material, usually hung on a packsaddle and used for carrying heavy or bulky loads.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Samuel Hibbert (1782–1848), antiquary and geologist. From maise + -y.
- fellmonger
- fellmongery
- felloes
- fellow
- fellow being
- fellow citizen
- fellow countryman
- fellow countrywoman
- fellow creature
- fellow feeling
- fellow human being
- fellow man
- fellowship
- fellow traveller
- fellow-travelling
- fellow worker
- Fell pony
- fell runner
- fell running
- fell-walker
- fell-walking
- felo de se
- felon
- felonious
- feloniously