shellpadとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From earlier shell padde, equivalent to shell +‎ pad (“toad”). Compare Saterland Frisian Skildpudde (“turtle, tortoise”), West Frisian skyldpod (“tortoise”), Middle Dutch schildpadde (Dutch schildpad, Afrikaans skilpad), Middle Low German schildpadde, Danish skildpadde. See also shield-toad.

名詞

shellpad (plural not attested)

1. (now dialectal, rare, puristic) A turtle or tortoise.
   • 1868, John Foxe, The Church Historians of England:

     Of other he was called shilpad, that is to say, shelt-toad; for that he, being a short grundy, and of little stature, did ride commonly with a great broad hat, as a churl of the country.

派生語

• shell-paddock

アナグラム

• laphelds