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chesil

chesil is the alternative form of chessil.

Meaning of chessil

Noun

chessil (uncountable)

  1. gravel or pebbles
    • It might seem probable that such masses as chessil bank, and the beds about Brighton, &c. were lodged, prior to the Deluge, upon the sea shore, and thrown into their present situation by that catastrophe1827, Georges Baron Cuvier, Scriptural Geology

Phrases with chesil

Questions about chesil

What is chesil the alternative form of?
Chesil is the alternative form of chessil.

Words near chesil in the dictionary

  1. Cheshunt mixture
  2. Cheshunt South
  3. Cheshvan
  4. chesible
  5. chesibles
  6. chesil
  7. Chesil Beach
  8. Cheskian
  9. Cheskians
  10. Chesler
  11. Cheslers

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