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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†GILL-HA', n., v.comb.

I. n. 1. A snug little thatched hut situated in a gill or glen (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 228); 2. “a house which cannot defend its inhabitants from the weather” (Ayr. 1825 Jam.); 3. “a house where working people live in common during some job, or where each makes ready for himself his own victuals” (Dmf. (Annandale) Ib.).

II. v. To live in a somewhat primitive house in a solitary place. Nonce.Dmf. 1849 Carlyle New Letters (1904) II. 81:
The more I see of it, the more distracted does this Highland Gillha'ing for English people of rank appear to me.