imbhuideal

(CR) sm [pronounced, imideal, m long]. Wooden keg or pail for carrying home milk and cream on the back from the sheilings. Sometimes carried on horseback, slung one on each side — W. of Ross. The piece of skin tied over its mouth is called iolaman and the piece of of string that ties the iolaman is snàthainn imbhuideil. 2(DC) In Uist, applied not to the pail or keg but to the dressed skin used as a lid for the keg and fastened on the mouth of it by the snàthainn imbhuideil, a strong supple thong, which secures the skin lid, by tightening it between the two hoops on the edge of the pail or keg. When so fastened, the keg could be carried on one's back without spilling any milk &c. it contained. The usual manner of carrying the kegs so secured was in a “plaid” or sack made of muran or sea-bent sewn together. They are still made and used in some parts of Uist. 3(AF) Softy of a fellow.

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