cheverel

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noun

Kid, as used to make leather.

OriginOld French chevrele →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

noun
  1. obsoleteKid, as used to make leather.
adjectivecheverel (comparative more cheverel, superlative most cheverel)

comparative more cheverel · superlative most cheverel

  1. obsoletePliable as kid leather; elastic, flexible, usually with reference to someone's conscience.

    Now were there any one of so tender or cheverell a conscience, to whome no cure might seeme worthy of so extreame a remedy, I should prise or regard him no whit the lesse.

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.1

Origin

  1. Old Frenchchevrele
  2. Englishcheverel

From Old French chevrele, diminutive form of chèvre (“goat”).

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cheverel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheverel.

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