Meaning of shellycoat | Babel Free

Definitions

A mythical water creature wearing a coat made of shells.

Scotland

Examples

“The fatigued and deluded travellers now relinquished the pursuit; and had no sooner done so, than they heard shellycoat applauding, in loud bursts of laughter, his successful roguery. The spirit was supposed particularly to haunt the old house of Gorinberry situated on the River Hermitage in Liddesdale.”

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