Definition of Nutshill
Nut"shell` (?), n. 1.
The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut
is inclosed.
2. Hence, a thing of little compass, or of
little value.
3. (Zoöl.) A shell of the genus
Nucula.
To be, or lie, in a
nutshell, to be within a small compass; to admit of
very brief or simple determination or statement. "The remedy
lay in a nutshell." Macaulay.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- a short book summarizing an area of law
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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