Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sheading"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sheading \Shead"ing\, n. [From AS. sc[=a]dan, sce['a]dan, to
separate, divide. See {Shed}, v. t.]
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.
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