Shiel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ʃiːl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Shiel is a noun meaning A shepherd's hut or shieling.
Meaning
A shepherd's hut or shieling.
More Meanings
- A cottage.
- (intransitive, agriculture) To use a place as a shieling.
Example Sentences
The craik amang the claver hay, The pairtrick whirrin o'er the ley, The swallow jinkin round my shiel, Amuse me at my spinnin wheel.
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.
Word Forms
- shiels
- shieling
- shieled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sheal, sheelin, sheilin, airigh, lithe, sheltie.
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