Definition of "shealing" []

• Alternative spelling of shieling. (noun)

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• "One of the men, whom he had sent to reconnoitre, returned in a few minutes, stating, that behind a jutting rock, which he pointed to with his finger, not two hundred yards distant, he had discovered a hut, or what in Ireland is termed a shealing, and that there appeared to be a bridle road from it leading over the mountain."
• "It would not be readily supposed that a road so hopeless and so difficult could lead to any habitation more important than the summer shealing of a shepherd."
• "My sister went crazy buying boots, although they did look very nice, and most were only $10 each, They wanted me to buy this three-quarter-length brown shealing coat, but I don't like shealing, and in the end I passed despite their protestations."