1. A flock of sheep or a group of animals herded together; a pastoral community or settlement.
Usage: Scottish and Northern English dialect; archaic or regional

1. To herd or manage sheep or cattle; to gather animals into a group.
Usage: Scottish and Northern English dialect; archaic or regional

Examples

• The shepherd guided his hirsel across the moorland.
• She hirsels the sheep each morning before dawn.
• The hirsel consisted of over two hundred animals.
• He hirsels the cattle into the pen for the night.
• The old hirsel had been in the family for generations.