dodman
dod·man
dodman · dodmans · dodmen
A land-based snailA land-based snail.
UK/ˈdɒdmən/US/ˈdɑdmən/
Meaning
4 senses(East Anglia, dialectal)A land-based snail.
(East Anglia, dialectal)A snail's shell.
(East Anglia, dialectal)Any shellfish which casts its shell, such as a lobster.
(East Anglia, dialectal, rare)A surveyor.
Origin
Possibly dod (“(archaic) rounded, bare hilltop”) + -man, in the sense of a creature carryiPossibly dod (“(archaic) rounded, bare hilltop”) + -man, in the sense of a creature carrying a hill on its back. The word dod is from dod (“to clip, cut or lop off”), from Middle English dodden (“to shave, shear; to trim (a plant); to poll (cattle); to cut off (someone's head)”), from dod, dodde (“measure of grain”), from Old English.
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