Noun
birlinn (plural birlinns)
(Scotland, historical) A type of boat used especially in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland in the Middle Ages.
Crawford, Robert (2011) The Beginning and the End of the World: St Andrews, Scandal and the Birth of Photography Edinburgh: Birlinn Literary anonymity was not uncommon at the time, especially in periodical journalism. Source: Internet
Birlinn Ltd. ISBN 1-84158-207-7 pp.559-62 citation In parts of Wales, peasant men went house-to-house dressed as fearsome beings called gwrachod, or presenting themselves as the cenhadon y meirw (representatives of the dead). Source: Internet
C. Wickham-Jones, Orkney: A Historical Guide (Birlinn, 2007), p. 28. These were part of a pattern that developed in many regions across Europe at about the same time. Source: Internet
Edinburgh, Birlinn Ltd. ISBN 1-84158-207-7 pp. 552–4 To protect farm produce and encourage fertility, farmers would lead a procession around the boundaries of their farm. Source: Internet
Eventually Hugh Andrew, the managing director at Birlinn Ltd, in Edinburgh, agreed to see him. Source: Internet