Shealing

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  • n. Alternative spelling of shieling.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The outer husk, pod, or shell, as of oats, pease, etc.; sheal; shell.
  • n. Same as sheeling.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of removing the shell or husk.
  • n. The outer shell, pod, or husk of pease, oats, and the like.
  • n. Same as sheal.
    • Word Usage
    "One of the men, whom he had sent to reconnoitre, returned in a few minutes, stating, that behind a jutting rock, which he pointed to with his finger, not two hundred yards distant, he had discovered a hut, or what in Ireland is termed a shealing, and that there appeared to be a bridle road from it leading over the mountain."
    Variant
    sheeling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sheal    shell   
     
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