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Definition of Sheeling
1. n. A hut or small cottage in an exposed or a retired place (as on a mountain or at the seaside) such as is used by shepherds, fishermen, sportsmen, etc.; a summer cottage; also, a shed.
Definition of Sheeling
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of shieling) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sheeling
1. sheel [v] - See also: sheel
Medical Definition of Sheeling
1. A hut or small cottage in an expessed or a retired place (as on a mountain or at the seaside) such as is used by shepherds, fishermen, sportsmen, etc.; a summer cottage; also, a shed. Alternative forms: sheel, shealing, sheiling, etc. Origin: Icel. Skjl a shelter, a cover; akin to Dan. & Sw. Skjul. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheeling
Literary usage of Sheeling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of a Hundred Houses: A Collection of Pictures, Plans and by Stone and company (1902)
"... a Seaside Playhouse BY ELIZABETH N. PERKINS In the very name of the sheeling (Scotch
for shelter), a wee cot just outside the town of Plymouth, ..."
2. The Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson (1844)
"Thereafter the king sat down to table with all the others; and when he was
satisfied he asked if there was any other sheeling on the other side of the steep ..."
3. Poems of Places by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1876)
"Lough sheeling. ST. PATRICK'S FIRST CONVERTS. THE legend here versified, almost
literally, is one of the oldest episodes in Irish history. , MORN on the ..."
4. A Year in Europe by Joseph Cross (1859)
"two cup coffee, no more, and I pay eight sheeling! ... of Eliphaz the Temanite,
and full twice as tall, and I heard a voice saying, " Eight sheeling ! eight ..."
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