† chevereln.¹

Forms: Middle English chevrelle, Middle English–1600s cheverell(e, Middle English–1700s cheverel, (1500s chaverell), 1500s–1600s chiverel(l, cheveril(l.

Etymology: Middle English chevrelle, < Old French chevrele, -elle kid (Romanic type *caprella), diminutive of chèvre < capra, she-goat; in modern French replaced by the synonymous chevrette.

Obsolete.

1. literal. Kid; but always used in the sense of the full cheverel-leather, kid-leather. (Noted for its pliancy and capability of being stretched.)

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather from sheep or goat skin

cheverela1400

sheep's leather1474

maroquin1533

saffian1591

lamb's leather1607

kid-skin1645

basil1674

kid1682

kid-leather1693

morocco leather1695

basan1714

Morocco hide1716

lambskin1725

Morocco1735

skiver1800

chevrette1884

glove-calf1885

Vici1888

Dongola1889

nappa leather1895

castor1897

mocha1909

capeskin1934

glove-sheep-

a1400 Cov. Myst. (1841) 241 Two doseyn poyntys of cheverelle, the aglottes of sylver feyn.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 73 Cheurelle, leddare.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 205/1 Cheverell lether, cheuerotin.

1576 R. Curteys Two Serm. i. sig. Cviii The nature of Cheverel Lether is, that if, a man take it by the sides & pul it in breadth he may make a little Point as brode as bothe his hands. If he take it by the ends and pull it in length: he may make it as small as a threed.

1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet D ij If they make their consciences stretch like chiuerel in the raine.

1609 R. Armin Hist. Two Maids More-clacke sig. F1^v A gloue of warmth, Not cheuerell, stretching to such prophanation.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Cheveril..now obsolete.

figurative.1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 77 Heere is a witte of Cheuerell that stretcheth from an ynch narrow to an ell broad.

a. attributive. Made of cheverel-leather.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [adjective] > made of or relating to other types of leather

cheverel1515

cordovan1591

dog's-leather1611

dogskin1612

red leather1618

buffen1629

shagreen1677

buffa1706

undressed1808

patent leather1818

jacked1841

mocha1895

steerhide1921

1515 Will of Rauffe Symson (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/18) f. 61 Cheverell purse.

1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Rj To streche out heaven, that is to saie holy writte, lyke a cheverell skynne.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 199 Stretching like a Cheuerell-gloue.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. i. 12 A sentence is but a cheu'rill gloue to a good witte, how quickely the wrong side may be turn'd outward.

b. figurative. Of the nature of cheverel-leather; stretching, flexible, pliable, yielding, elastic; esp. in phrase a cheverel conscience.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective]

twiredec888

orrathc1175

twofoldc1175

twifoldc1200

waveringc1315

uncertain1382

suspensec1440

mammeringa1450

flowing?1504

floghtering1521

vacillant1521

in a mammering1532

double-minded1552

unstaid1561

unresolute1570

unresolved?1571

staggeringa1577

frittle1579

irresolute1579

cheverel1583

off and on1583

halting1585

unsettleda1593

unresolving1599

demurring1607

waving1611

suspensive1614

hoveringa1616

startling1619

irresolved1621

hesitating1622

indetermined1628

variousa1643

branling1645

hesitant1647

non-sincere1656

hesitatious1657

humdrum1660

shuttlecock1660

yea-and-nay1672

swaying1688

interpendent1708

undetermined1718

Squadronec1720

hesitatorya1734

volanta1734

shilly-shally1734

dilly-dally1749

niffy-naffy1765

wiggle-waggle1778

undecided1779

undecisive1780

indecisive1787

conflicted1789

hesitative1795

undeciding1802

vacillating1814

yea-nay1827

demurrant1836

willy-nilly1839

shilly-shallying1842

oscillative1852

Hamletish1854

vacillatory1854

dilly-dallying1879

thistledown1897

weak-principled1913

not-quite1920

off-again on-again1923

dithery1931

havering1975

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective]

unfastc888

unstathelfasteOE

unsteadfasta1200

fleeting?c1225

changeablea1275

ficklea1275

unstablec1290

waveringc1315

flickerc1325

loose in the haftc1325

motleyc1380

unsadc1384

variablea1387

variantc1386

ticklec1400

inconstant1402

flitting1413

brittle1420

plianta1425

mutablec1425

shittle1440

shittle-witted1448

moonishc1450

unconstant1483

unfirm1483

varying?a1500

pliablea1513

fluctuant1575

changeling1577

shittle-headed1580

cheverel1583

off and on1583

chameleon-like1589

changeful1590

limber1602

unsteady1604

ticklish1606

skittish1609

startling1619

labile1623

uncertaina1625

cheverelized1625

remuant1625

fluctuate1631

fluctuary1632

various1636

contrarious1643

epileptical1646

fluxilea1654

shittle-braineda1655

multivolent1656

totter-headed1662

on and off1668

self-inconsistent1678

weathercocka1680

whifflinga1680

versatile1682

veering1684

fast and loose1697

inconsistent1709

insteadfast1728

unfixing1810

unsteadied1814

chameleonic1821

labefact1874

ballastless1884

weathercocky1886

whiffle-minded1902

the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adjective] > spread or diffused > widely

wideOE

rampanta1540

widespread1582

cheverel1583

worldwide1602

broada1616

ubiquitary1652

wide-spreading1655

broadcast1785

country-wide1845

statewide1848

nationwide1891

planetwide1920

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. C3^v The lawiers haue such chauerell consciences.

1605 T. Hutton Reasons for Refusal 62 In his cheverel fancie.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iii. 32 The capacity Of your soft Chiuerell Conscience.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Wales 4 Cheverel-consciences, which will stretch any way for advantage.

1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 302 With wide open Mouth and Cheveril Lungs.

?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. vii. 72 Get Cheverel-Charity, that will stretch, wide, wide.

Compounds

cheverel-brained adj.

ΚΠ

1608 J. Day Law-trickes sig. F3 Ile see which of my cheuerill braind immitators dares follow my fashion.

cheverel-conscienced adj.

ΚΠ

1620 J. Taylor Praise of Hemp-seed 30 A cheuerell conscienc'd Vsurer.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	cheverel
释义	† chevereln.¹ Forms: Middle English chevrelle, Middle English–1600s cheverell(e, Middle English–1700s cheverel, (1500s chaverell), 1500s–1600s chiverel(l, cheveril(l. Etymology: Middle English chevrelle, < Old French chevrele, -elle kid (Romanic type caprella), diminutive of chèvre* < capra, she-goat; in modern French replaced by the synonymous chevrette. Obsolete. 1. literal. Kid; but always used in the sense of the full cheverel-leather, kid-leather. (Noted for its pliancy and capability of being stretched.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather from sheep or goat skin cheverela1400 sheep's leather1474 maroquin1533 saffian1591 lamb's leather1607 kid-skin1645 basil1674 kid1682 kid-leather1693 morocco leather1695 basan1714 Morocco hide1716 lambskin1725 Morocco1735 skiver1800 chevrette1884 glove-calf1885 Vici1888 Dongola1889 nappa leather1895 castor1897 mocha1909 capeskin1934 glove-sheep- a1400 Cov. Myst. (1841) 241 Two doseyn poyntys of cheverelle, the aglottes of sylver feyn. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 73 Cheurelle, leddare. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 205/1 Cheverell lether, cheuerotin. 1576 R. Curteys Two Serm. i. sig. Cviii The nature of Cheverel Lether is, that if, a man take it by the sides & pul it in breadth he may make a little Point as brode as bothe his hands. If he take it by the ends and pull it in length: he may make it as small as a threed. 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet D ij If they make their consciences stretch like chiuerel in the raine. 1609 R. Armin Hist. Two Maids More-clacke sig. F1^v A gloue of warmth, Not cheuerell, stretching to such prophanation. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Cheveril..now obsolete. figurative.1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 77 Heere is a witte of Cheuerell that stretcheth from an ynch narrow to an ell broad. View more context for this quotation 2. a. attributive. Made of cheverel-leather. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [adjective] > made of or relating to other types of leather cheverel1515 cordovan1591 dog's-leather1611 dogskin1612 red leather1618 buffen1629 shagreen1677 buffa1706 undressed1808 patent leather1818 jacked1841 mocha1895 steerhide1921 1515 Will of Rauffe Symson (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/18) f. 61 Cheverell purse. 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Rj To streche out heaven, that is to saie holy writte, lyke a cheverell skynne. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 199 Stretching like a Cheuerell-gloue. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. i. 12 A sentence is but a cheu'rill gloue to a good witte, how quickely the wrong side may be turn'd outward. View more context for this quotation b. figurative. Of the nature of cheverel-leather; stretching, flexible, pliable, yielding, elastic; esp. in phrase a cheverel conscience. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective] twiredec888 orrathc1175 twofoldc1175 twifoldc1200 waveringc1315 uncertain1382 suspensec1440 mammeringa1450 flowing?1504 floghtering1521 vacillant1521 in a mammering1532 double-minded1552 unstaid1561 unresolute1570 unresolved?1571 staggeringa1577 frittle1579 irresolute1579 cheverel1583 off and on1583 halting1585 unsettleda1593 unresolving1599 demurring1607 waving1611 suspensive1614 hoveringa1616 startling1619 irresolved1621 hesitating1622 indetermined1628 variousa1643 branling1645 hesitant1647 non-sincere1656 hesitatious1657 humdrum1660 shuttlecock1660 yea-and-nay1672 swaying1688 interpendent1708 undetermined1718 Squadronec1720 hesitatorya1734 volanta1734 shilly-shally1734 dilly-dally1749 niffy-naffy1765 wiggle-waggle1778 undecided1779 undecisive1780 indecisive1787 conflicted1789 hesitative1795 undeciding1802 vacillating1814 yea-nay1827 demurrant1836 willy-nilly1839 shilly-shallying1842 oscillative1852 Hamletish1854 vacillatory1854 dilly-dallying1879 thistledown1897 weak-principled1913 not-quite1920 off-again on-again1923 dithery1931 havering1975 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] unfastc888 unstathelfasteOE unsteadfasta1200 fleeting?c1225 changeablea1275 ficklea1275 unstablec1290 waveringc1315 flickerc1325 loose in the haftc1325 motleyc1380 unsadc1384 variablea1387 variantc1386 ticklec1400 inconstant1402 flitting1413 brittle1420 plianta1425 mutablec1425 shittle1440 shittle-witted1448 moonishc1450 unconstant1483 unfirm1483 varying?a1500 pliablea1513 fluctuant1575 changeling1577 shittle-headed1580 cheverel1583 off and on1583 chameleon-like1589 changeful1590 limber1602 unsteady1604 ticklish1606 skittish1609 startling1619 labile1623 uncertaina1625 cheverelized1625 remuant1625 fluctuate1631 fluctuary1632 various1636 contrarious1643 epileptical1646 fluxilea1654 shittle-braineda1655 multivolent1656 totter-headed1662 on and off1668 self-inconsistent1678 weathercocka1680 whifflinga1680 versatile1682 veering1684 fast and loose1697 inconsistent1709 insteadfast1728 unfixing1810 unsteadied1814 chameleonic1821 labefact1874 ballastless1884 weathercocky1886 whiffle-minded1902 the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adjective] > spread or diffused > widely wideOE rampanta1540 widespread1582 cheverel1583 worldwide1602 broada1616 ubiquitary1652 wide-spreading1655 broadcast1785 country-wide1845 statewide1848 nationwide1891 planetwide1920 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. C3^v The lawiers haue such chauerell consciences. 1605 T. Hutton Reasons for Refusal 62 In his cheverel fancie. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iii. 32 The capacity Of your soft Chiuerell Conscience. View more context for this quotation a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Wales 4 Cheverel-consciences, which will stretch any way for advantage. 1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 302 With wide open Mouth and Cheveril Lungs. ?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. vii. 72 Get Cheverel-Charity, that will stretch, wide, wide. Compounds cheverel-brained adj. ΚΠ 1608 J. Day Law-trickes sig. F3 Ile see which of my cheuerill braind immitators dares follow my fashion. cheverel-conscienced adj. ΚΠ 1620 J. Taylor Praise of Hemp-seed 30 A cheuerell conscienc'd Vsurer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † chevereln.² Origin: Perhaps a borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin cheverillus. Etymology: Perhaps < post-classical Latin cheverillus (1231 in a British source), glossed as ‘young cock’ in a 1727 ed. of John Cowell's Interpreter, a gloss apparently arising from the word's occurrence close to classical Latin gallīna hen (see gallinaceous adj.), but perhaps rather to be regarded as an example of cheverellus cheverel n.¹ ? Obsolete. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Cheverillus [Old Latin], a young cock or cockling.] 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 304 Another variety of goldfinch..called by the London bird-catchers a cheverel, from the manner in which it concludes its jerk. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.¹a1400n.²1766
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