seashell

[ see-shel ]

/ ˈsiˌʃɛl /

the shell of any marine mollusk.

Origin of seashell

before 900; Old English sǣscill (not recorded in Middle English) see sea, shell

The operculum,21 of a seashell, or very occasionally some bright object, may set off the knob.

The Manbos of Mindano |John M. Garvan
On each side of the base is a shallow silver dish shaped like a seashell and supported by dolphins.

Presentation Pieces in the Museum of History and Technology |Margaret Brown Klapthor
Wherever he went and whatever he did these confused suspicions resounded in his ears like the murmur in a seashell.

The Redemption of David Corson |Charles Frederic Goss
We slept until the hour when a man promenaded the town blowing blasts on a seashell to call the people to their work.

The Fortunate Isles |Mary Stuart Boyd

The eastern sky, vivid with seashell tints, hovered so low that the topmost crags seemed to support its glowing colors.

With Hoops of Steel |Florence Finch Kelly

seashell

/ (ˈsiːˌʃɛl) /

the empty shell of a marine mollusc