Wales glossary
Wales glossary
Wednesday, 15 July 2026, 8:06 PM
Site: Open Learning
Course: Welsh history and its sources (CYMRU_1)
Glossary: Wales glossary
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Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919Theoretically outlawed the exclusion of women from the professions on grounds of their sex alone. The act was often ignored and, in any case, women were excluded, on marriage, from, for example, the teaching profession. |
SharelandsOpen field belonging to a township or hamlet in which land is held in strips. |
SheriffThe principal royal official in English shires, introduced into Wales after the conquest. |
ShonisShon is one Welsh version of the name John. Shonis is a slang, partly anglicised, version of the name. |
Shrewsbury DrapersMerchants at Shrewsbury who dominated much of the trade in Welsh cloth. |
Siege trainThe equipment required by an army to cut off all outside communication and supplies to a castle or town, so compelling surrender. |
Singling rootsTaking out excess plants to allow one to grow fully. |
Slate dressingCutting slate to suitable sizes – mainly for roof construction purposes. |
Slate splittingThe process of separating slate rock into thin sheets. |
Sliding scaleWay of determining miners’ wages according to the price of coal. |