English Explanatory Dictionary

elsin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A shoemaker's awl.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛlzɪn/

Word forms

elsin elsins elsen

Etymology

From Middle English aslen, elsen (“an awl or some other pointed instrument or tool”), either from Middle Dutch elsene, alsene, from Old High German alansa, from Proto-Germanic *alasnō, or from an unrecorded Old English form.

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