chessil/ˈt͡ʃɛsəl/chessil means gravel or pebbles.chessil is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɛsəl/.EtymologyFrom Middle English chisel, chesil, from Old English ċeosel, ċisel (“gravel, sand”), from Proto-West Germanic *kesul (“gravel, pebble”).noungravel 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 catastrophe”