sheardhe

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English scherd, from Old English sċeard.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃiːd/

Noun

sheardhe

  1. A gap in a ditch or hedge.
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Venie shearde.
      A dirty gap.

References
  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 67
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