A type of wood or timber; possibly a surname or place name referring to wood associated with chatting or a wooded area.
Compound of chat (Old English origin, possibly from cheat/cheap) + wood (Germanic origin meaning forest). The exact meaning is uncertain, likely a surname or place name rather than a common noun.
Chatwood appears to be primarily a surname rather than a common English word, showing how place names and family names preserve ancient words whose original meanings have been lost—it might refer to woods where people gathered to chat!
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