An English surname derived from a Norman habitational name for someone from Eschalle in Pas-de-Calais, France. / A small city, the county seat of Custer County, Idaho, United States.

A light, soft fabric of silk and worsted, having a printed design. / Misspelling of chalice.

A transmission system in which power is transferred to the wheels by means of a chain.

hot seat

A maid who handles the chores in a bedroom.

A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark.

present participle of drag the chain

To fall behind relative to others. / To unwittingly hold up progress. / To deliberately hold up progress by acting slowly.

plural of chamber pot

A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers. / A nautilus, Nautilus pompilius.