shiel

[sheel]

noun

Scot.

1. shieling.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shiel¹

1250–1300; Middle English schele; compare Old Norse skāli hut, shed; akin to Old English scȳr hut, Old High German scūr, Old Norse skūrr penthouse

Example Sentences

Through these economic relations, Russia is "worth tens of billions of dollars to the Cyprus economy each year", says Fergus Shiel of the ICIJ.

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The Cyprus Confidential investigation raises "grave issues" for European institutions and EU member states, Shiel continues.

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In a statement in response, the chair of the CEF, Nicholas O'Shiel, said it remained committed to working with the unions to find a resolution to the pay dispute.

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Lovecraft once wrote, “Shiel has done so much better than my best that I am left breathless and inarticulate.”

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Shiel’s literary career would peak in 1901 with his baroque science fiction masterpiece, “The Purple Cloud,” in which a character named Adam Jeffson finds himself the last man alive on Earth.

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