zichel

Borrowed from German Sichel. Doublet of sikkel (“sickle”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɪ.xəl/
• Hyphenation: zi‧chel
• Rhymes: -ɪxəl

zichel f (plural zichels, diminutive zicheltje n)

1. sickle

zichel

1. Alternative form of zitch
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 86:

     Nore zichel ne'er well, nowe, nore ne'er mey.

     Nor such never will, no (now), nor never may.

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 86