shealing
Americannoun
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Above the bed were some planks, extending half way the length of the shealing, and there slept the seven boys, without any mattress, or even straw, to lie upon.
From Diary in America, Series One by Marryat, Frederick
In the shealing, she felt sure, there was not only counsel, but concealment if occasion demanded that.
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil
Searching the braes he could hear, after a little, Nan sing at the shealing hut.
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil
He raised his call to his mouth, and, with a sonorous whistle, cried out, “All you without trousers behind shealing, hoy!” an order immediately obeyed by the men who had been deprived of their habiliments.
From The King's Own by Marryat, Frederick
From a shealing of turf and straw, within the pitch of a bar from the spot where we stood, came out an old woman bent with age, and leaning on a p. 121crutch.
From Folk-Lore and Legends Scotland by Anonymous
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