lockchester

/ˈlɒk.tʃɛs.tə/

lockchester means synonym of woodlouse. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.

lockchester is pronounced /ˈlɒk.tʃɛs.tə/.

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably derived in English from lock + chest + -er. Compare lugdor. Attested a. 1400.

noun

Synonym of woodlouse.“Of these, the last only will be found in a dictionary of modern English, but I have already remarked that the name of lockchester is preserved among the peasantry of Oxfordshire, and I may add, that the peasantry in the North of England still call a woodlouse a kitchen-ball, and that those of the Southern dialects call it a chissel-bol, which is perhaps the representative of cheslop.”