The schelly (Coregonus stigmaticus) is a designation for four populations of freshwater whitefish in the English Lake District, Cumbria. The native populations of this fish inhabit the Brothers Water, Haweswater, Red Tarn and Ullswater, and occupy a total area of about 20 square kilometers. Apart from Haweswater, the populations appear stable. At ...
• (n.) The powan.
Schel'ly noun (Zoology) The powan. [ Prov. Eng.]