shealing
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He walked in the direction of Benbecula, and about midnight entered a shealing, or hut, which belonged to Angus Macdonald, the brother of his future deliverer.
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. by Mrs. Thomson
A small shealing under the shelter of the rock formed the home of a boatman; and at the crazy door of this humble cot Harcourt now knocked violently.
From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Charles James Lever
It would not be readily supposed that a road so hopeless and so difficult could lead to any habitation more important than the summer shealing of a shepherd.
From The Monastery by Sir Walter Scott
Through the heather he brushed eagerly now, his eyes intent upon the dim summits of the brae from which again he should see the light of the shealing if it was there.
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Neil Munro
And without a word more they proceeded towards the shealing that was to be the end of their adventure.
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Neil Munro
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