Usually means: Australian slang for a woman.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word Sheila:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. sheila: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sheila: Merriam-Webster
  3. Sheila, sheila: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sheila: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sheila: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Sheila, sheila: Wordnik
  7. sheila: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Sheila, sheila: Wiktionary
  9. Sheila: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. sheila: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. sheila: Dictionary.com
  12. Sheila: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Sheila (Frank Sinatra song), Sheila (Tommy Roe song), Sheila (disambiguation), Sheila (dog), Sheila (model), Sheila (singer), Sheila: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Sheila: Rhymezone
  15. sheila: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sheila, sheila, sheila: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. sheila: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Sheila)

▸ noun:  (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A woman.
▸ noun:  A shayla, a headscarf worn by Muslim women.
▸ noun:  A female given name from Irish.
▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of Sheela [A female given name from Sanskrit of Indian origin.]

Similar:
Shayla, sally, New Zealandress, shaler, schoolie, chickie, shepherdess, sheik, sheely, she-wolf, more...

Opposite:
male, he, boy, man

Phrases:
sheila hicks, sheila sherlock, sheila scott, sheila kelley, Sheila Bair, more...

Adjectives:
little, old, poor, real, cosminsky, young, dear, tracadie, good, last, fossil

Colors:
    lavender,     coral,     teal,     turquoise,     fuchsia, more...


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Similar:
Shayla, sally, New Zealandress, shaler, schoolie, chickie, shepherdess, sheik, sheely, she-wolf, more...

Opposite:
male, he, boy, man

Phrases:
sheila hicks, sheila sherlock, sheila scott, sheila kelley, Sheila Bair, sherlock, sheila, sherlock sheila, Sheila E., Sheila Hancock, Sheila Kuehl, Murders of Katherine and Sheila Lyon, Sheila Vand, more...

Adjectives:
little, old, poor, real, cosminsky, young, dear, tracadie, good, last, fossil

Colors:
    lavender,     coral,     teal,     turquoise,     fuchsia, more...



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