cavel.
A gag.
Meaning & usage
A gag.
A horse's bit.
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”).
The stick or runestaff used in casting lots; a lot.
A part, share, lot.
A parcel or allotment of land.
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.
Alternative form of kevel (“stonemason's hammer”).
Where this word comes from
See kevel.
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