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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English gile (“gill”) (early 14th century), of Scandinavian origin, akin to Swedish gäl, Danish gælle, Norwegian gjelle, and further to Old Norse gj?lnar (“lips”), which also may have had the meaning of "gills" (based on Old Danish fiskegæln (“gills”)). The Old Norse word has been suggested as deriving from Proto-Germanic *gelunaz (“jaw”), which would make it root-cognate to Ancient Greek ?????? (khelun?, “lip, jaw”), ?????? (kheîlos, “lip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

gill (plural gills)

1. (animal anatomy) a breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals

   • Fishes […] perform their respiration under water by the gills.

2. (of a fish) a gill slit or gill cover

3. (mycology) one of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, on the surface of which the spore-producing organs are borne

   Synonym: lamella

4. (animal anatomy) the fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle
5. (figuratively) the flesh under or about the chin; a wattle
   • 1728, Jonathan Swift, Ballad on Ballyspellin

     dropsy fills you to the gills

6. (spinning) one of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments

Synonyms

• branchia

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• lung

Verb

gill (third-person singular simple present gills, present participle gilling, simple past and past participle gilled)

1. To remove the gills from a fish as part of gutting and cleaning it.
2. (transitive) To catch (a fish) in a gillnet.
   • 1898, Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, page 255:

     Owing to the peculiar shape of the pompano and the relatively large mesh in the pompano gill nets, the fish are not caught by being actually gilled.

   • 1971, Michael Culley, G. A. Kerkut, The Pilchard: Biology and Exploitation ?ISBN, page 70:

     In cases of very heavy catches the nets may be hauled and stored with the fish still gilled. The fish would then be shaken out on return to the port.

   • 1994, G.D. Pickett, M.G. Pawson, Sea Bass: Biology ?ISBN, page 177:

     The intention is to gill the fish, so they are usually scared into the net by rowing one boat into the middle of the net circle and banging the oars on the boat bottom or splashing the water.

3. (intransitive) To be or become entangled in a gillnet.

Etymology 2

From Middle English gille, from Old French gille (“a wine measure”), from Medieval Latin gillo (“earthenware jar”), possibly from Gaulish gall? (“vessel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??l/
• Rhymes: -?l
• Homophone: Jill

Noun

gill (plural gills)

2. a drink measure for spirits and wine (size varies regionally but it is about one quarter of a pint)
3. (archaic, Britain) a measuring jug holding a quarter or half a pint

Derived terms

• gillhouse
• gillie

Etymology 3

From Middle English gille, from Old Norse gil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

gill (plural gills)

1. (Britain) rivulet
2. (Britain) ravine

Derived terms

• Lowgill, Low Gill

Etymology 4

Etymology uncertain.

Noun

gill (plural gills)

1. a two-wheeled frame for transporting timber

Etymology 5

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

gill (plural gills)

1. (Scotland) a leech

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)

Etymology 6

Clipping of gillian, from the female name Gillian.

Alternative forms

• jill

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??l/

Noun

gill (plural gills)

1. a female ferret
2. (obsolete) a promiscuous woman; harlot, wanton
3. (obsolete) a prostitute

Synonyms

• (promiscuous woman): see Thesaurus:promiscuous woman
• (prostitute): see Thesaurus:prostitute

Verb

gill (third-person singular simple present gills, present participle gilling, simple past and past participle gilled)

1. (obsolete) To act as a prostitute.

Synonyms

• see Thesaurus:prostitute oneself

Irish

Noun

gill m

1. vocative/genitive singular of geall (“pledge, security; wager, bet; gage, challenge; palm, prize; supremacy; token, promise; assets”)

Mutation

References

• "gill" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scots

Etymology 1

Compare English gill.

Noun

gill (plural gills)

1. a measure of liquid equivalent to one-fourth of a mutchkin or three quarters of an Imperial gill, about 110 millilitres; (by extension) a serving of drink
2. a vessel with a capacity of one gill

Derived terms

• Hawick gill

Verb

gill (third-person singular present gills, present participle gilling, past gill'd, past participle gill'd)

1. to drink, tipple

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gil, Norwegian gjel (“gorge, ravine”), attested a. 1500.

Noun

gill (plural gills)

1. a narrow valley with steep sides, a gully

References

• “gill” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

gill m

1. inflection of geall (“bet, wager”):
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

English

Etymology 1

From Scottish Gaelic gille (“helper”), from Middle Irish gilla (“youth, young man; boy, male child; messenger, page, servant”), possibly borrowed from Old Norse gildr (“brawny, stout; of full worth”). Compare Irish giolla (“boy”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: g?l??, IPA^(key): /???li/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??ili/
• Rhymes: -?li
• Hyphenation: gil?lie

Noun

gillie (plural gillies)

1. (Scotland, originally) A male attendant of a Scottish Highland chief.
2. (Britain, Ireland, Scotland) A fishing and hunting guide; a man or boy who attends to a person who is fishing or hunting, especially in Scotland.

Alternative forms

• ghillie
• gilly

Derived terms

• ghillie suit, gillie suit
• gillie-casflue
• gillie-wetfoot

Translations

Verb

gillie (third-person singular simple present gillies, present participle gillying, simple past and past participle gillied)

1. (intransitive) To be a gillie, a fishing or hunting guide, for (someone).

Etymology 2

From gill (“drink measure for spirits”) +? -ie; probably a nonce word coined by Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759–1796) to maintain the rhyme in a poem entitled On a Scotch Bard Gone to the West Indies, first published in 1786: see the quotation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: j?l??, IPA^(key): /?d??li/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?ili/
• Rhymes: -?li
• Hyphenation: gil?lie

Noun

gillie (plural gillies)

1. (Scotland) A gill of an alcoholic drink. [from 1786]

Further reading

• gillie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia