English Explanatory Dictionary

sheal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A shell or pod.
noun
  1. A shieling
verb
  1. To shell (remove husks, shells etc)
  2. To shelter under a shieling

Word forms

sheal sheals shealing shealed

Etymology

Variant of shiel, from Middle English schelen, schyllen, from Old English sċylian, sċilian. Akin to Old English scealu (“shell, husk”). See also shell.

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