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Varvel

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A metal ring bearing the owner's name or coat of arms, attached to a hawk's jesses. Used for identifying birds.

    "1894 — James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, s.v. Falcon. To the jesses, it is said, are attached the varvels, sometimes written vervels, or rings."

Etymology

From Old French vervelle (“falcon's leg fetter”), from Vulgar Latin derivation of Latin vertibulum (“joint”).

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