shellpad en · NOUN
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(dialectal, no-plural, rare) A turtle or tortoise.
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.
1868, John Foxe, The Church Historians of England:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shellpot | alternative | lexicographic | |
| shell padde | alternative | lexicographic | |
| shilpad | alternative | lexicographic | |
| shell-pad | alternative | lexicographic | |
| shelpad | alternative | lexicographic |