"cavel" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cavels [plural]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*kavel}} Middle English *kavel, {{m|enm|kevel}} kevel, {{inh|en|ang|cæfl|t=gag, bit, muzzle}} Old English cæfl (“gag, bit, muzzle”), {{der|en|non|kafli}} Old Norse kafli, {{m|non|kefli|t=a piece of wood, gag}} kefli (“a piece of wood, gag”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cavel (plural cavels)
  1. (obsolete) A gag. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-cavel-en-noun-4onl1Z3Y
  2. (dialectal) A horse's bit. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-cavel-en-noun-AzpVEQW7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cavil, kevel, kevil
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: cavels [plural]
Etymology: See kevel. Etymology templates: {{m|en|kevel}} kevel Head templates: {{en-noun}} cavel (plural cavels)
  1. Alternative form of kevel (“stonemason's hammer”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: kevel (extra: stonemason's hammer)
    Sense id: en-cavel-en-noun-jJG~lkH2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 1 51 38 1 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Forms: cavels [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cavel}} Middle English cavel, {{m|enm|kavell}} kavell, {{m|enm|kevell}} kevell, {{der|en|non|kafl}} Old Norse kafl, {{m|enm|kafli|t=long, round piece of wood, staff}} kafli (“long, round piece of wood, staff”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*kablô}} Proto-Germanic *kablô, {{m|gem-pro|*kablaz}} *kablaz, {{cog|dum|kāvelen|t=to draw lots, a lot}} Middle Dutch kāvelen (“to draw lots, a lot”), {{m|dum|kavele|t=fate, lottery}} kavele (“fate, lottery”), {{cog|nl|kavel|t=lot, plot of land}} Dutch kavel (“lot, plot of land”), {{cog|de|Kabel}} German Kabel Head templates: {{en-noun}} cavel (plural cavels)
  1. (obsolete or dialectal) The stick or runestaff used in casting lots; a lot. Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-cavel-en-noun--eT2aM10
  2. (obsolete or dialectal) A part, share, lot. Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-cavel-en-noun-TsdaQS8r
  3. (obsolete or dialectal) A parcel or allotment of land. Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-cavel-en-noun-scAVtJiR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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