skeelingn.
Orkney dialect.
skeeling-goose n. the sheldrake.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Tadorna (sheldrake)
sheldrakec1325
bergander1544
skeeling-goose1578
scaledrake1600
burranet1602
sheld-fowl?1606
burrow-duck1678
vulpanser1706
shelduck1707
mountain duck1711
sly-goose1776
Brahminy duck1813
paradise duck1813
red goose1848
stock annet1852
1578 J. Leslie De Origine Scotorvm 37 Alia sex Anserum genera apud nos inueniuntur. [Margin] Vulgus his uocibus distinguit Quinck, Skilling, Claik, Routhurrok [read Rout, Hurrok], Ridlaik.
1684 R. Sibbald Scotl. Illustr. ii. iii. 21 Skeeling-goose, de quo fama est, in ejus Ventriculo Grana Piperis reperiri, de quo tamen non constat.
1806 P. Neill Tour Orkney & Shetl. 195 Skeel-goose, Shieldrake, Anas Tadorna. In Orkney it is sometimes also called skeeling-goose or skeel-duck.
1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 104 Skee, excrement.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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ˈskeeling
ˈskeeling n. skating on skeelers.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skating > [noun] > other types of skating
running1816
free skating1902
pair skating1902
sculling1938
skeeling1969
skatathon1970
1969 Daily Tel. 31 Jan. 17/5 Skeeling, launched last autumn, gives some of the exhilarating feeling of skating—but without ice. Skeelers are like ice skates but three wheels replace the blade; they will slide on any hard surface.
1972 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 13 June 15/6 Skeeling, according to the publicity releases, is iceless skating; a summer hockey equivalent. Skeelers are a cross between roller skates and ice skates and were originally developed by the Russians to help condition speed skaters during the off-season.
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