lugdor

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. (Britain, 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

• See Thesaurus:woodlouse

References

1. “lugdor, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2015.