caman

caman (plural camans)

1. Archaic form of caiman.

Borrowed from Irish camán.

caman (plural camans)

1. Synonym of shinty (“stick used to hit the ball in the game of shinty”).

• camogie

From Old Irish cammán. By surface analysis, cam (“curved, bent, crooked”) +‎ -an.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaman/

caman m (genitive singular camain, plural camain or camanan)

1. (sports) stick, club
2. (music) quaver

• As a sports term implies its end is curved, so can be used for a shinty, hurling or golf stick, but not eg for a cricket bat.