cavel

English

Etymology 1

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

Noun

cavel (plural cavels)

  1. (obsolete) A gag.
  2. (dialectal) A horse's bit.

Etymology 2

See kevel.

Noun

cavel (plural cavels)

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

Etymology 3

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

cavel (plural cavels)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) The stick or runestaff used in casting lots; a lot.
  2. (obsolete or dialectal) A part, share, lot.
  3. (obsolete or dialectal) A parcel or allotment of land.
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