[Corruption of Tamil and Malayal. shakkili (Yule).] One of a very low caste in Southern India, the members of which are tanners or cobblers; colloq. a native shoemaker.
1759. Ives, Voy. 26 (Y.). Shackelays are shoemakers.
1869. Sir W. Elliot (in Yule).
1887. Blackw. Mag., June, 805/2. The chucklers of the nearest village were despatched into the jungle to secure the trophies of the chase.
