Cheslip
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cheslip is a noun meaning (UK, dialect) A woodlouse.
Meaning
(UK, dialect) A woodlouse.
Example Sentences
In former times it was known as “Lugdor” and “Socchetre ;” and in common with the hoglouse it is familiar to rustics as “Churchlouse,” “Carpenter,” “Chinch,” or “Cheslip.”
Mouffet states that “the Asiatic Greeks called them χγαμος from their likenesse^([sic]) to a bean (Galen), for it looks like it when the Cheslip rolls itself up into a round body.”
Word Forms
- cheslips
Synonyms for cheslip
Depending on context, synonyms include woodlouse.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lugdor, slive, chesil, slip, slitch, slutch.
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