varvel
See also: Varvel
English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French vervelle (“falcon's leg fetter”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin derivation of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vertibulum (“joint”).
Noun
varvel (plural varvels)
- (falconry, heraldry) A metal ring bearing the owner's name or coat of arms, attached to a hawk's jesses. Used for identifying birds.
- 1894 — James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, s.v. Falcon.
- To the jesses, it is said, are attached the varvels, sometimes written vervels, or rings.
- 1894 — James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, s.v. Falcon.