Home › Words › S › shielshiel/ʃiːl/shiel means A surname.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, shiel ranks #16,765 of 42,785 for Qualifying.shiel is pronounced /ʃiːl/.EtymologyVariant of Shield or Shields.nameA surname.A short river in Highland council area, Scotland, which flows from Loch Shiel to Loch Moidart.A river in Glen Shiel, further north in Highland council area.nounA shepherd's hut or shieling.A cottage.e.g.“The craik amang the claver hay, The pairtrick whirrin o'er the ley, The swallow jinkin round my shiel, Amuse me at my spinnin wheel.” — 1792, Robert Burns, Poems & Songs:verbTo use a place as a shieling.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.shieling 85% match — An area of summer pasture used for cattle, sheep etc. vs shiel →airigh 72% match — A shieling (area of summer pasture). vs shiel →bieldy 67% match — Sheltered from the weather; affording shelter. vs shiel →sheely 64% match — A shilfa, or chaffinch. vs shiel →sheepcote 62% match — A small building for sheltering sheep. vs shiel →sheltery 59% match — Giving shelter, acting as a shelter. vs shiel →bowjy 59% match — A shed for cattle or sheep. vs shiel →hirsel 58% match — The entire stock on a farm or stock under the charge of a shepherd. vs shiel →