4 definitions found for shillelagh

shillelagh n 1: a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn) [syn: shillelagh, shillalah]

shillelagh also shillalah noun Etymology: Shillelagh, town in Ireland Date: 1772 cudgel

shillelagh
n. a thick stick of blackthorn or oak used in Ireland esp. as a weapon.
Etymology: Shillelagh in Co. Wicklow, Ireland

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "shillelagh": Malacca cane, alpenstock, bat, baton, billy, billy club, bludgeon, cane, club, crook, crosier, cross, cross-staff, crutch, crutch-stick, handstaff, knobkerrie, lituus, mace, pastoral staff, paterissa, quarterstaff, staff, stave, stick, swagger stick, swanking stick, truncheon, walking stick