lugdor

English

Etymology

Apparently derived from lock and door (compare lockchester) or perhaps dor (dung beetle). Attested from the 15th century.[1]

Noun

a lugdor or woodlouse

lugdor (plural lugdors)

  1. (British, regional, archaic) the woodlouse
    • 1860, Ernest Adams, “On the names of the wood-louse”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, page 9:
      Comparing the terms lok-dore and loc-chester, it is evident that the first portion of the word is an independent element, lok; and this is still further confirmed by another synonyme[sic] for the wood-louse recorded by Halliwell with no indication of time or locality, viz. lug-dor.
    • 1899, W.T. Fernie, Animal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure, “Woodlouse”, page 524:
      In former times it was known as “Lugdor” and “Socchetre ;” and in common with the hoglouse it is familiar to rustics as “Churchlouse,” “Carpenter,” “Chinch,” or “Cheslip.”

Synonyms

References

  1. lugdor, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2015.
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