shide

Meaning

Noun

• A piece of wood (a thin board or plank, or a strip of wood split off); a measure of firewood, variously defined as e.g. four feet long and between 16 and 38 inches in circumference.

Origin

• From Middle English shide, schide, schyde, from Old English sċīd ("thin slip of wood, shingle, billet"), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą ("log, tile"), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt-, *skey-. Cognate with North Frisian skeid ("billet of wood"), German Scheit ("log, piece of wood"), Swedish skid ("wooden shoe, sole, skate"), Icelandic skíð ("a billet of wood"). ski.