Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chettle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
chet-tle
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9513).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Probably from Old English ceotol, a variant of ċietel (“kettle, cauldron”), here in the topographical sense of a "deep valley surrounded by hills".

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Questions

What does chettle mean?
A village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9513).
Where does chettle come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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