cavel meaning (obsolete): definition, etymology

cavel

noun

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”).

Obsolete A gag.

Dialectal A horse's bit.

cavel

noun

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.

Dialectal, Obsolete The stick or runestaff used in casting lots; a lot.

Dialectal, Obsolete A part, share, lot.

Dialectal, Obsolete A parcel or allotment of land.