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shelpad

shelpad is the alternative form of shellpad.

Meaning of shellpad

Noun

shellpad (plural not attested)

  1. (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 of shelpad

pluralshelpads

Questions about shelpad

What is shelpad the alternative form of?
Shelpad is the alternative form of shellpad.

Words near shelpad in the dictionary

  1. Shelnutt
  2. Shelnutts
  3. Shelor
  4. Shelors
  5. sheloshim
  6. shelpad
  7. shelpads
  8. shelpek
  9. Shelru
  10. Shelsley Beauchamp
  11. Shelsley Kings

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