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Shieling
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shieling
shieling
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Noun
shieling (plural shielings)
- An area of summer pasture used for cattle, sheep etc.
- 1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin 2001, p. 182:
- The cattle at Mosfell were kept in a shieling, and Thordis stayed there while the Thing took place.
- 1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin 2001, p. 182:
- A shepherd's hut or shack.
- 2002, Joseph O'Conner, Star of the Sea, Vintage 2003, p. 39:
- Cabins and shielings had been torn down and burned.
- 2002, Joseph O'Conner, Star of the Sea, Vintage 2003, p. 39:
Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:shealing.