skilling

skilling is the present participle and gerund of skill.

Noun (2)

skilling (plural skillings)

A bay of a barn.
- The barn may be built with lean-to's or skillings all round[…]1844, James Atkinson, An Account of the State of Agriculture and Grazing in New South Wales
A small addition to a cottage.

skill (third-person singular simple present skills, present participle skilling, simple past and past participle skilled)

(transitive) To set apart; separate.

Synonyms:

split
(dialectal, transitive) To discern; have knowledge or understanding; to know how (to).
- I cannot skill of these Thy ways […]1633, George Herbert, “Justice”, in The Temple
(Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, rare, transitive) To know; to understand.
- As for the virginals I have none here that skill of them, except the young lord.1613, Breadalbane Letters, Documents
(intransitive) To have knowledge or comprehension; discern.
(intransitive) To have personal or practical knowledge; be versed or practised; be expert or dextrous.
(archaic, intransitive) To make a difference; signify; matter.
- So then the whole scripture of God, being true, whence soever this be delivered and gathered, it skilleth not […]1592, Richard Turnbull, An Exposition upon the Canonicall Epistle of Saint Jude, London: John Windet, Sermon 5, p. 67

skilling (plural skillings)

(historical) A Scandinavian monetary unit and coin up to the 19th century. (A subdivision of the Swedish riksdaler, the Danish and Norwegian rigsdaler and speciedaler).

Skilling (plural Skillings)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skilling. Doublet of shilling.

Compare sheeling.

What does skilling mean?: Skilling means a Scandinavian monetary unit and coin up to the 19th century. (A subdivision of the Swedish riksdaler, the Danish and Norwegian rigsdaler and speciedaler).
What is skilling the present participle and gerund of?: Skilling is the present participle and gerund of skill.
What part of speech is skilling?: Skilling can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of skilling?: The plural of skilling is skillings.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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