sheading
(ˈʃiːdɪŋ)
Also 6 shedding, 8 sheeding.
[var. f. shedding vbl. n.]
Each of the six administrative subdivisions (three to each ‘district’) of the Isle of Man.
| ? 1577 in Mills Stat. Laws I. of Man (1821) 12, vj Men of every Shedding of Mann. Ibid. 15 In your six Courts of your six Sheadings. 1653 Chaloner I. of Man (1656) 17, 6 Coroners or Sheriffs of the 6 Sheadings, into which the Isle is divided. 1894 Hall Caine Manxman 315 The Coroner of the premier sheading began to recite the same titles in Manx. |
| attrib. 1577 in Mills Stat. Laws I. of Man (1821) 60 Hereafter follows the Fencing of the Sheading Courts. 1653 Chaloner I. of Man (1656) 19 A Jury of six, which is called a Sheading Jury. |