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sheelin

sheelin is the alternative spelling of shieling.

Meaning of shieling

Noun

shieling (plural shielings)

  1. An area of summer pasture used for cattle, sheep etc.
    • The cattle at Mosfell were kept in a shieling, and Thordis stayed there while the Thing took place.1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, translated by Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 182
  2. A shepherd's hut or shack.
    • And what are twenty beds, when all the drovers,
      And all the shieling herdsmen from Bengorach,
      Must have a lair provided for the night.1836, Joanna Baillie, The Phantom, act 1

Forms of sheelin

pluralsheelins

Questions about sheelin

What is sheelin the alternative spelling of?
Sheelin is the alternative spelling of shieling.

Words near sheelin in the dictionary

  1. sheela-na-gig
  2. sheela-na-gigs
  3. Sheeler
  4. Sheelers
  5. sheelies
  6. sheelin
  7. sheeling
  8. sheelings
  9. sheelins
  10. sheely
  11. Sheelys

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