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Webster 1913 Edition

Shide

Shide

(shīd)
,
Noun.
[OE.
shide
,
schide
, AS.
scīde
; akin to OHG.
scīt
, G.
scheit
, Icel.
skīð
, and E.
shed
, v.t.]
A thin board; a billet of wood; a splinter.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Shide

SHIDE

,
Noun.
A piece split off; a cleft; a piece; a billet of wood; a splinter.
[Not used in New England, and local in England.]

Definition 2024

shide

shide

See also: shíde, shídé, shìde, and shǐde

English

Noun

shide ‎(plural shides)

  1. A thin board; a billet of wood; splinter.
  2. A piece of wood; strip; piece split off; plank.

Etymology

From Middle English shide, schide, schyde ‎(“plank, board, beam, splinter, chip”), from Old English scīd ‎(“thin slip of wood, shingle, billet”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą ‎(“log, tile”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt-, *skey- ‎(“to cut; divide; separate; split”). Cognate with North Frisian skeid ‎(“billet of wood”), German Scheit ‎(“log, piece of wood”), Swedish skid ‎(“wooden shoe, sole, skate”), Icelandic skíð ‎(“a billet of wood”). Also cognate, via Norwegian, with ski.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɪd

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