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Cavel

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A gag. obsolete
  2. 2
    Alternative form of kevel (“stonemason's hammer”). alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    The stick or runestaff used in casting lots; a lot. dialectal, obsolete
  4. 4
    A horse's bit. dialectal
  5. 5
    A part, share, lot. dialectal, obsolete
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  1. 6
    A parcel or allotment of land. dialectal, obsolete

Etymology

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”).

Etymology 2

See kevel.

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.

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