单词 | shieling |
释义 | shieling/ˈʃiːlɪŋ /(also shealing) noun Scottish 1A roughly constructed hut used while pasturing animals.There they lived in settlements of temporary huts called in Ireland booleys (Irish ‘buaile’, ‘cattle-pound’) and in Scotland ‘shielings’, where they made butter and cheese and other dairy products such as ‘bonnyclabber’ or soured milk....
1.1An area of pasture. OriginMid 16th century: from Scots shiel 'hut' (of unknown origin) + -ing1. Rhymes |
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