sheal
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
See shell
Noun[edit]
sheal (plural sheals)
Etymology 2[edit]
See shieling
Noun[edit]
sheal (plural sheals)
- A shieling
Verb[edit]
sheal (third-person singular simple present sheals, present participle shealing, simple past and past participle shealed)
- To shell (remove husks, shells etc)
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- That's a shealed peascod.
- To shelter under a shieling