Shack \Shack\, v. t. [Prov. E., to shake, to shed. See Shake.]

1. To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest. [Prov. Eng.]

--Grose.

2. To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn. [Prov. Eng.]

3. To wander as a vagabond or a tramp. [Prev.Eng.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Shack \Shack\, n. [Cf. Scot. shag refuse of barley or oats.]

1. The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground. [Prov. Eng.]

2. Liberty of winter pasturage. [Prov. Eng.]

3. A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]

--Forby.

All the poor old shacks about the town found a friend in Deacon Marble. --H. W. Beecher.

Common of shack (Eng.Law), the right of persons occupying lands lying together in the same common field to turn out their cattle to range in it after harvest. --Cowell.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Shack \Shack\, n. [Cf. Shack, v. i.]

A hut; a shanty; a cabin. [Colloq.]

These miserable shacks are so low that their occupants cannot stand erect. --D. C. Worcester.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)