sheal

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noun

A shell or pod.

OriginMiddle English schelen ← Old English sċylian →
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Meanings

sheal1

nounsheal (plural sheals)

plural sheals

  1. UKdialectalobsoleteA shell or pod.

sheal2

nounsheal (plural sheals)

plural sheals

  1. A shieling
verbsheal (third-person singular simple present sheals, present participle shealing, simple past and past participle shealed)

present singular third person sheals · participle present shealing · participle past shealed · past shealed

  1. To shell (remove husks, shells etc)

    That's a shealed peascod.

    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)
  2. To shelter under a shieling

Origin

sheal · noun

  1. Old Englishscealu“shell, husk”
  2. Old Englishsċylian
  3. Middle Englishschelen
  4. Englishsheal

Variant of shiel, from Middle English schelen, schyllen, from Old English sċylian, sċilian. Akin to Old English scealu (“shell, husk”). See also shell.

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sheal · noun, verb

See shieling

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

leashshalehalesSalehselahSahelhalse
Cite this entry
APA

sheal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheal

MLA

“sheal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sheal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheal.

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