shieling

American  

[shee-ling] / ˈʃi lɪŋ /

Sometimes shealing,

noun

Scot.

1. a pasture or grazing ground.

2. a shepherd's or herdsman's hut or rough shelter on or near a grazing ground.

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shieling British  

/ ˈʃiːlɪŋ, ʃiːl /

noun

1. a rough, sometimes temporary, hut or shelter used by people tending cattle on high or remote ground

2. pasture land for the grazing of cattle in summer

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Etymology

Origin of shieling

First recorded in 1560–70; shiel + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

About half an hour before sunset we reached the midway shieling.

From The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland by Symonds, W. S. (William Samuel)

After a tough walk, during which Anders said little or nothing, we got to the shieling, where two girls, a cousin of Anders and his sister, met us with bright hearty faces.

From Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales by Asbj?rnsen, P. Chr.

Seeing a commodious shieling on the braeface, the young men entered, and one of them, with the object of driving dull care away, struck up a lightsome tune on his pipes.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner

Down from the mountain steep— Up from the valley deep— Out from the clachan, the bothy and shieling; Bugle and battle-drum, Bid chief and vassal come, Loudly our bagpipes the pibroch are pealing.'

From Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure by Stables, Gordon

And see my mither's shieling, too; and many a night have I lain awake to pray I might have her near me once again.'

From Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure by Stables, Gordon