chessil

English

Alternative forms

• chesil

Etymology

From Middle English chisel, chesil, from Old English ċeosel, ċisel (“gravel, sand”), from Proto-West Germanic *kesul (“gravel, pebble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛsəl/, /ˈt͡ʃɛzəl/

Homophone: chessel

Noun

chessil (uncountable)

1. gravel or pebbles
   • 1827, Georges Baron Cuvier, Scriptural Geology:

     It might seem probable that such masses as chessil bank, and the beds about Brighton, &c. were lodged, prior to the Deluge, upon the sea shore, and thrown into their present situation by that catastrophe

References

• “chessil”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Schiels, chisels, Schleis