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sheilin

sheilin 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 sheilin

pluralsheilins

Questions about sheilin

What is sheilin the alternative spelling of?
Sheilin is the alternative spelling of shieling.

Words near sheilin in the dictionary

  1. sheila
  2. Sheilagh
  3. sheilas
  4. sheild
  5. sheilds
  6. sheilin
  7. sheiling
  8. sheilings
  9. sheilins
  10. Sheils
  11. Sheilses

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