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shieled

shieled is the simple past and past participle of shiel.

Meaning of shiel

Verb

shiel (third-person singular simple present shiels, present participle shieling, simple past and past participle shieled)

  1. (intransitive) To use a place as a shieling.
    • Patrick Robertson, who shieled on the Atholl side of Drumochter, confirmed this practice: his cattle 'continued there till about midsummer, when they were brought down to his farm, having continued there about three weeks, and were then sent back to the shealing.2021, David Taylor, Wild Black Region: Badenoch 1750-1800

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Questions about shieled

What is shieled the simple past and past participle of?
Shieled is the simple past and past participle of shiel.

Words near shieled in the dictionary

  1. shieldwall
  2. shieldwalls
  3. shieldwise
  4. shieldwright
  5. shieldwrights
  6. shieled
  7. shielin
  8. shieling
  9. shielings
  10. shielins
  11. Shiell

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