sheeling
sheeling is the alternative spelling of shieling.
Meaning of shieling
Noun
shieling (plural shielings)
- 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
- 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
- And what are twenty beds, when all the drovers,
Forms of sheeling
| plural | sheelings |
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Questions about sheeling
- What is sheeling the alternative spelling of?
- Sheeling is the alternative spelling of shieling.
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