chessil

/ˈt͡ʃɛsəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Uncountable

"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"

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

chesil (alternative)

chessel

Questions

How do you pronounce chessil?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃɛsəl/.

What does chessil mean?

gravel or pebbles

Where does chessil come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce chessil

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