kevel
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From English dialect kevil, cavel (“rod, pole, a large hammer”), from Middle English kevel, *kavel (“a large stonemason's hammer”), from Old Norse kefli, kafli n (“a cylinder, stick, piece of wood”) and Old Norse kefli, kafli m (“a piece cut off, buoy, piece”). Compare Icelandic kefli (“cylinder, a stick, mangle”), and Danish kievle (“a roller”).
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
kevel (plural kevels)
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English kevel. More at cavel.
Noun[edit]
kevel (plural kevels)
- Alternative form of cavel (“gag”)
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
kevel (plural kevels)
- A gazelle.
- 1827, Conrad Malte-Brun, A system of universal geography:
- […] the pasan is the most frequent, then the corinne, which differs very little from the kevel, and the proper gazelle […]