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
If you want to hear mine about the matter, you must visit me at my retreat—the low shealing at the west of Hungry Mountain.
From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Charles James Lever
And as she washed and peeled, she sang an old-time shealing hymn of the Virgin-Shepherdess, of Michael the White, and of Columan the Dove.
From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Fiona Macleod
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
When he beheld the sad relics in the shealing, and heard from the boatswain the tragical events of the day, his indignation was beyond bounds.
From The King's Own by Frederick Marryat
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