Definition of Chesils

1. chesil [n] - See also: chesil

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chesils

cherupped
cherupping
cherups
chervetite
chervil
chervils
chervonets
chervontsy
chesed
cheshire
cheshires
cheshirization
chesible
chesibles
chesil
chesils (current term)
cheslip
cheslips
chesnut
chesnuts
chesounable
chess
chess-apple
chess-clock
chess boxing
chess clock
chess club
chess compositions
chess game
chess master

Literary usage of Chesils

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1862)
"or chesils, about mid-way between Stow- on-the-Wold and Bourton-on-the-Water, (with its fine camp,) and adjoining the Fosse Way, there has lately beep found ..."

2. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"... with their stoles and chesils should have mc.re souldiers or richer armour and artillery than we?—Fuller, Holy State, Bk. I. ch. xiii. ..."

3. The Holy State, and the Profane State by Thomas Fuller (1841)
"... with their stoles and chesils, f should have more soldiers or richer armour and artillery than we? Wherefore let us take away from them, ..."

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