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English
Etymology
Apparently derived from lock and door (compare lockchester) or perhaps dor(“dung beetle”). Attested from the 15th century.[1]
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 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.”
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, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2015.
