Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A shell, husk, or pod.
- To put under cover or shelter: as, to
sheal sheep. - noun A hut or cottage used by shepherds, fishermen, sportsmen, or others as a temporary shelter while engaged in their several pursuits away from their own dwellings; also, a shelter for sheep on the hills during the night. Also
shealing . - To take the husks or pods off; shell.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Scot. Same as
sheeling . - transitive verb Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot. To take the husks or pods off from; to shell; to empty of its contents, as a husk or a pod.
- noun Obs. or Prov. Eng. A shell or pod.
- transitive verb Scot. To put under a sheal or shelter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, dialect, obsolete A
shell orpod . - noun A
shieling - verb To
shell (remove husks, shells etc) - verb To
shelter under a shieling
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