sheading

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Etymology[edit]

Unclear. Perhaps from the Norse word skeid, "ship assembly", with each sheading providing men for a warship. Perhaps from a Celtic word meaning "sixth part". Perhaps from the Middle English word, scheding, for an administrative division.

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sheading (plural sheadings)

  1. Any of the six administrative districts into which the Isle of Man is divided.

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