cavel
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)