shiel|ing

shiel|ing
shiel|ing «SHEE lihng», noun. Scottish.
1. a shiel.
2. a piece of pasture: »

... sone…she and her colleagues may have chanted on the lone shieling (Punch).

Also, shealing, sheiling.

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