shellpad

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noun

A turtle or tortoise.

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Meanings

nounshellpad (plural not attested)

alternative shell-pad · alternative shell padde · alternative shelpad · alternative shilpad · alternative shellpot

  1. dialectalno pluralrareA 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
tortoiseturtle

Origin

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.

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Chicago

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