cheverel

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English

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Etymology

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From Old French chevrele, diminutive form of chèvre (goat).

Noun

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cheverel

  1. (obsolete) Kid, as used to make leather.

Adjective

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cheverel (comparative more cheverel, superlative most cheverel)

  1. (obsolete) Pliable as kid leather; elastic, flexible, usually with reference to someone's conscience.
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.1:
      Now were there any one of so tender or cheverell a conscience, to whome no cure might seeme worthy of so extreame a remedy, I should prise or regard him no whit the lesse.