slane

/sleɪn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish sleán, sleaghán.

slane means A town in County Meath, Ireland. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

name

A one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.“Little McTiernan at the Door is giving out short-handl’d Peat-Cutters styl’d, by the Irish, ‘Slanes’.”