Chettle

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9513).

OriginOld English ceotol →
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Meanings

proper nounChettle (countable and uncountable, plural Chettles)

plural Chettles

  1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9513).
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishceotol
  2. EnglishChettle

Probably from Old English ceotol, a variant of ċietel (“kettle, cauldron”), here in the topographical sense of a "deep valley surrounded by hills".

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APA

Chettle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chettle

MLA

“Chettle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chettle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chettle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chettle.

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