A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1641-1654
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0]
Shoaling, vbl. n. (17th c. Eng. showleing a place where the water becomes shallow (1644), e.m.E. also shoalding. Cf. Shauling vbl. n.) — c1641–54 J. Gordon in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II 534.
A burn cuming throw a glen … called Keul-glen with good shoalings in it
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Shoaling vbl. n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 15 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/shoaling>
