shealing
Americannoun
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A miserable shealing, usually padlocked on the outside, was all that betokened habitation, and a living being was rarely met with.
From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Charles James Lever
The bodies of the dead in the shealing were consigned to the earth as they lay, the four walls composing a mausoleum where animosity was buried.
From The King's Own by Frederick Marryat
Mackay was benighted on a deer-stalking expedition, near a wild hut or shealing, at the head of Loch Eriboll.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers
She must leave Maam at the latest to-morrow night without being observed, and he must show her the way to Elasaid's shealing.
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Neil Munro
On their arrival at the sea-range of hills, the explosion of the shealing, and subsequent conflict between the parties, met their eyes.
From The King's Own by Frederick Marryat
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