cavel

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English *kavel, kevel, from Old English cæfl (gag, bit, muzzle), possibly from or akin to Old Norse kafli, kefli (a piece of wood, gag).

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

cavel (plural cavels)

  1. (obsolete) A gag.
  2. (dialectal) A horse's bit.

Etymology 2[edit]

See kevel.

Noun[edit]

cavel (plural cavels)

  1. Alternative form of kevel (stonemason's hammer)

Etymology 3[edit]

From Middle English cavel, kavell, kevell, from Old Norse kafl, kafli (long, round piece of wood, staff), from Proto-Germanic *kablô, *kablaz. Compare also Middle Dutch kāvelen (to draw lots, a lot), kavele (fate, lottery), modern Dutch kavel (lot, plot of land), dialectal German Kabel.

Noun[edit]

cavel (plural cavels)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) The stick or runestaff used in casting lots; a lot.
  2. (obsolete or dialectal) A part, share, lot.
  3. (obsolete or dialectal) A parcel or allotment of land.