shealing
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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
It would not be readily supposed that a road so hopeless and so difficult could lead to any habitation more important than the summer shealing of a shepherd.
From The Monastery by Sir Walter Scott
Let us be grateful when we remember that, in this attribute, the humblest shealing on the hillside is not inferior to the palace of the king!
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
After a few minutes’ contention, the Englishmen were beaten back to the shealing, where they rallied, and continued to stand at bay.
From The King's Own by Frederick Marryat
Would fortune crown my wishes— The shealing of the hill, With my darling, and the rushes To couch on, were my will.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
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