shieling

American  

[shee-ling] / ˈʃi lɪŋ /

Sometimes shealing,

noun

Scot.

1. a pasture or grazing ground.

2. a shepherd's or herdsman's hut or rough shelter on or near a grazing ground.

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shieling British  

/ ˈʃiːlɪŋ, ʃiːl /

noun

1. a rough, sometimes temporary, hut or shelter used by people tending cattle on high or remote ground

2. pasture land for the grazing of cattle in summer

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Etymology

Origin of shieling

First recorded in 1560–70; shiel + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

There was no house known to them nearer than the shieling at Lowtherslacks, about two miles distant.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various

Three women mysteriously glided into the shieling, and the dancing began in earnest.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner

After a tough walk, during which Anders said little or nothing, we got to the shieling, where two girls, a cousin of Anders and his sister, met us with bright hearty faces.

From Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales by Asbj?rnsen, P. Chr.

There, it is said, lives among the Folk of Peace, the fair child, who, many years ago, disappeared from her parents' shieling at Inversnayde, and whom they vainly wept over as dead.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde

The islanders cheerfully lent what aid they could, and King Murdoch with his attendant was permanently fixed in the small shieling on the hill.

From Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories by Morgan, Louisa