(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:05:14

Sheld"a*fle (?), Sheld"a*ple (?), n. [Perhaps for sheld dapple. Cf. Sheldrake.] Zool.

A chaffinch.

[Written also sheldapple, and shellapple.]

 

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