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)
Etymology 2[edit]
See kevel.
Noun[edit]
cavel (plural cavels)
- 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)
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