shiel
/ʃiːl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A cottage.
name
A short river in Highland council area, Scotland, which flows from Loch Shiel to Loch Moidart.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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 there about three weeks, and were then sent back to the shealing."
Etymology
From Middle English schele. Akin to Old Frisian skiāle (“stable”) and Old Norse skjól (“shelter”). See also sheal.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: schele