An archaic or obsolete tool, possibly a variant of chisel or a specific type of farming or carpentry implement.
Origin uncertain; may be a variant or dialect form of 'chisel' or possibly from Middle English, though historical records are sparse. The term appears rarely in historical texts and its exact meaning is disputed.
Chickell is so obscure that it appears in very few historical documents, making it a perfect example of how thousands of specialized tool names have simply vanished from English—lost knowledge of how previous generations worked with their hands.
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