English Explanatory Dictionary

aisling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of Irish poem, developed during the late 17th and 18th centuries, in which Ireland appears to the poet in a vision in the form of a woman, lamenting the state of the Irish people and predicting the revival of their fortunes.

Pronunciation

/ˈæʃlɪŋ/

Word forms

aisling aislings

Etymology

From Irish aisling.

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