chavel

English

Etymology

From Middle English chavel, from Old English ċeafl (“a bill, beak, snout, jaw, jaw-bone, cheek, cheek-bone”), from Proto-Germanic *kaflaz, *keflaz, *kefraz (“jaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵēbh-, *gēbh- (“jaw, gills”). Cognate with Middle Low German kavel (“jaw, gums, palate”), Dutch kevels (“jawbones, toothless jaws”), Middle High German kivel, kivele, kiuwel (“jaw”). More at jowl.

Noun

chavel (plural chavels)

1. (obsolete) The jaw, especially, the jaw of a beast.

Verb

chavel (third-person singular simple present chavels, present participle chaveling, simple past and past participle chaveled)

1. (transitive, dialectal) To chew.

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin capillus.

Noun

chavel m (plural chavels)

1. (single strand of) hair