SHEADING

Etymology

Unclear. Perhaps from the Norse word skeid, "ship assembly", with each sheading providing men for a warship. Perhaps from a Celtic word meaning "sixth part". Perhaps from the Middle English word, scheding, for an administrative division.

Noun

sheading (plural sheadings)

Any of the six administrative districts into which the Isle of Man is divided.

Anagrams

• deashing, headings, headsign

Source: Wiktionary

Shead"ing, n. Etym: [From AS. scadan, sceádan, to separate, divide. See Shed, v. t.]

Definition: A tithing, or division, in the Isle of Man, in which there is a coroner, or chief constable. The island is divided into six sheadings.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition