cheslipとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

a cheslip or woodlouse

cheslip (複数形 cheslips)

1. (Britain, dialectal) A woodlouse.^[2]
   • 1860, Ernest Adams, “On the names of the wood-louse”, in Transactions of the Philological Society‎^[1], page 15:

     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.”

   • 1899, W.T. Fernie, Animal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure‎^[2], “Woodlouse”, page 524:

     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.”

同意語

• See Thesaurus:woodlouse

参照

アナグラム

• pilches, schpiel