Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gilse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gilse
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of grilse (“young salmon”).

Example Sentences

"[T]hey ca' it fasting when they hae the best o' fish frae Hartlepool and Sunderland by land carriage, forbye trouts, gilses, salmon, and a' the lave o't, and so they make their very fasting a kind of luxury and abomination; […]"

Inflected Forms

gilses (plural)

Questions

What does gilse mean?: Alternative form of grilse (“young salmon”).

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