noun
Meaning 1
A shell or pod.
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Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
sheal
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noun
Meaning 2
A shieling
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verb
Meaning 3
To shell (remove husks, shells etc)
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verb
Meaning 4
To shelter under a shieling
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History
Etymology
Variant of shiel, from Middle English schelen, schyllen, from Old English sċylian, sċilian. Akin to Old English scealu (“shell, husk”). See also shell.
See shieling