shilling

noun

1. 1. a former monetary unit of the United Kingdom, equal to of a pound or 12 pence
   2. a cupronickel coin worth one shilling: coinage discontinued in 1971
   3. a former monetary unit of various other countries in or formerly in the Commonwealth, equal to of a pound or 12 pence
2. the basic monetary unit of:
   1. Kenya
   2. Somalia
   3. Tanzania
   4. Uganda
3. any of several coins of colonial America

Origin: ME schilling < OE scylling, akin to Ger schilling < Gmc *skildling, prob. < *skild- (see shield) + *-ling, -ling