shellpad

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From earlier shell padde, equivalent to shell +‎ pad (toad). Compare Saterland Frisian Skildpudde (turtle, tortoise), West Frisian skyldpod (tortoise), Middle Dutch schildpadde (Dutch schildpad, Afrikaans skilpad), Middle Low German schildpadde, Danish skildpadde. See also shield-toad.

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shellpad (plural not attested)

  1. (now dialectal, rare, puristic) A turtle or tortoise.
    • 1868, John Foxe, The Church Historians of England:
      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.

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