/ʃiːl/
OriginFrom Middle English schele. Akin to Old Frisian skiāle (“stable”) and Old Norse skjōl (“shelter”). See also sheal.
- A shepherd's hut or shieling.
- A cottage.
“The craik amang the claver hay, The pairtrick whirrin o'er the ley, The swallow jinkin round my shiel, Amuse me at my spinnin wheel.”
- intransitiveTo use a place as a shieling.
“Patrick Robertson, who shieled on the Atholl side of Drumochter, confirmed this practice: his cattle 'continued there till about midsummer, when they were brought down to his farm, having continued th”
- countable, uncountableA surname.
- countable, uncountableA short river in Highland council area, Scotland, which flows from Loch Shiel to Loch Moidart.
- countable, uncountableA river in Glen Shiel, further north in Highland council area.
Formsshiels(plural) · shiels(present, singular, third-person) · shieling(participle, present) · shieled(participle, past) · shieled(past) · Shiels(plural)