tusker
tusker · tuskers
секач
An animal, such as a bull elephant or a boar, with large tusksAn animal, such as a bull elephant or a boar, with large tusks.
Meaning
2 sensesAn animal, such as a bull elephant or a boar, with large tusks.
сека́чsekáč
any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar)
(Orkney, Scotland, Shetland, UK, especially)A tool used in peat cutting, a type of turf spade similar to a cascrom.
Translations
1 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
an animal with tusks:
Origin
From Old Norse torfskeri, from torf (“turf”) + skera (“to cut”), whence also Scottish GaFrom Old Norse torfskeri, from torf (“turf”) + skera (“to cut”), whence also Scottish Gaelic tairsgeir, toirsgeir, treidhsgeir and later forms like toirsgian (assimilated to sgian (“knife”)). Known in print from the early 19th century, but doubtless much older.
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