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/ˈklæx(ə)n/ · noun
(Scotland) A small village or hamlet, especially in the Highlands or Western Scotland..
‘Now, Penpunt, you may tell me all that passed between you and the wives of the clachan.’
But if you looked south in the dusty forenoon or at hot midday, you saw the far-off glimmer of a white road, the roofs of the ugly little clachan of Kilmaclavers, and the rigging of the fine new kirk of Threepdaidle.
Of the miserable Highland clachan, to which Sir Walter Scott brought Bailie Nicol Jarvie and Frank Osbaldistone for their meeting with the redoubtable Rob Roy, little or nothing remains, and Aberfoyle is now a bright and clean holiday resort, standing on historic ground, where the Highlands and Lowlands meet.
Use clachan when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Clachan means (Scotland) A small village or hamlet, especially in the Highlands or Western Scotland..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
‘Now, Penpunt, you may tell me all that passed between you and the wives of the clachan.’
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