EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
ríochan, f. (gs. ~a).1. vn. of righ. 2. Tautness. Bain as an ~ é, slacken it. 3. Restraint, control. Níl ~ leo, there is no restraining them; they are the limit. Ní raibh ~ lena chuid nirt, there was no limit to his strength.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Téad a ríochan, to tighten a rope.
Ag ríochan sreinge, stretching a wire.
Do ghéaga a ríochan, to stretch one’s limbs.
2. Ríochan le, to contend with, to control.
Is doiligh ríochan leo, it is hard to put up with them.