cluich an taighe

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cluich an taighe m

1. (sports) A game very similar to rounders once played in Uist, with three circles 50-60 yards apart drawn in a triangle, as opposed to the four bases of rounders. A bowler, or fear tha toirt nam faireag, stands in the centre of the triangle trying to hit batters with a ball as they run.

See also

• goid a' chrùin
• (rounders): iomairt air an stainchear
• (rounders): speilpean