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shielin

shielin 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 shielin

pluralshielins

Questions about shielin

What is shielin the alternative spelling of?
Shielin is the alternative spelling of shieling.

Words near shielin in the dictionary

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

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