Definition of chesil Chesil
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What does chesil mean?
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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chesil
chez′il, n. gravel: shingle: bran.—Also Chisel. [A.S. cisil.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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chesil
From the Anglo-Saxon word ceosl, still used for a bank or shingle, as that remarkable one connecting the Isle of Portland with the mainland, called the Chesil Beach.
