308 ANCIENT NAMES OF THE BAYS, ETC. 



205.— Les fOSSes de Bretagne.— Br., breta, to break, crush ; W., briwo, to 



break, crumble ; Ir., brw, to crush. 

 206. — La Tonnellerie. — Br., tonn, a kind of wrack washed ashore by the 



sea ; Br., tonn, twnn, a wave of the sea ; W., ton, a wave, breaker. 



207.— Le creux a gravier. 



208. — Le noir Groignet. — R. 1. Br., grown, grounn, mass, heap; gronnein, 

 to heap. 2. A place where the sea foams or roars ; Br., croignet, foam. 



209.— Le rouge Groignet.— R. See 208. 



210. — Le Vier poulain. — R. Poulain, may not be a Fr. word. Br., poull, 

 cavity, depth; W., pwil, cavity; Ir., pouil, cavity; ytm, poulligh, to 

 hollow; Br., can, glistening. The expression might be a corruption of 

 poull can. I do not insist on the latter meaning, but simply suggest it. 



211.— Le Tas de Pois — R. See ill. 

 212.— Le Fourque— R. See 191. 

 213.— Le ereux de la Moye. 

 214.— La Moye, or ) p s 204 



La pointe de la Foret. ] r> &ee *"*' 

 215. — La roque taureau. — R. Possibly the rock that breaks or crushes. 



Br., torr, to break; W., tori, to break. 

 216. — La boue au Logger.— R. Br., log, lok, habitation, corner; com. 



~W\, Hoc, mound ; llogaivd, space parted off ; llogell, partition. 



217.— Le rueau es port. 



218.— La earriere Colin.— See 92. 



219.— La boue blie.— R. Kel., ''bent or inclining rock"; Br., blec, plec ; 



W., plyg, bent ; Br. ,plega ; W.,plygu, to bend ; com. Heb., palac, pliable, 



Gr., pleko ; Lat., plicare ; It., piegare. 

 220.— La Conehee.— R. See 1,022. Several rocks in the vicinity of St. 



Malo bear this name. 



221,— Le eheval.— R. 



222.— Rousse.— R. See 174. 



223.— Le Peron.— R. See 186. 



224.— L'Etoque l'herbeuse.— R. The expression may well signify " the 

 green hat" or "refuge." Br., toe, toque, hat, refuge; Sp., toca, head 

 covering ; tocar, to cover the head; 1. Lat., tucus, hood; Br., herv, green. 



225.— La grande Herbeuse.— R. Herbeuse means "bitter." 



226.— La petite Herbeuse.— R. See 225. 

 227.— Le fond du Gouffre. 



228. — Le Thehun. — R. Br., sel, thel, view; eun, eunn, straight; W., sel, 

 distant view; Br., aoun, fear, terror; eibi, fear; com. W., ofn, dread, 

 timidity ; Heb., aman, omen, truth. The word may mean "let us take 

 care." 



229.— Le galet de la Gllie (or Glie).— Kel., "the beach of the mount"; 



Br., gle, gli, mountain. 

 230.— L'Enelume.— R. Undoubtedly a word of Kel. origin. 1. W., lynclyn, 



vortex, gulf. 2. Llychlyn, mire of pools or stagnant water. See 538. 

 231. — Les BraehetS. — R. " Double rocks." Br., brechet, having two arms. 



See 1,110. 



232. — La boue Miegue, ) -d Possibly having the same derivation as 240. 

 or Mieque. ) * Br., gue, however = friend. 



233.— Le fond du Val. 



234.— Les demies des Camps Rots.— R. 



235.— Les Camps R6tS.— R. Possibly Kel. terms. 1. Br., cam, camm ; 

 W., cam, crooked. 2. Br., can, stream or current of water. 



