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cavel.

A gag.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A gag.

    obsolete
  2. A horse's bit.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

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”).

noun
  1. The stick or runestaff used in casting lots; a lot.

    dialectal · obsolete
  2. A part, share, lot.

    dialectal · obsolete
  3. A parcel or allotment of land.

    dialectal · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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
  1. Alternative form of kevel (“stonemason's hammer”).

    alt-of · alternative
Where this word comes from

See kevel.

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