English Explanatory Dictionary

Chettle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9513).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Chettle Chettles

Etymology

Probably from Old English ceotol, a variant of ċietel (“kettle, cauldron”), here in the topographical sense of a "deep valley surrounded by hills".

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