cavelとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• cavil, kevel, kevil

名詞

cavel (複数形 cavels)

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

語源 2

See kevel.

名詞

cavel (複数形 cavels)

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

語源 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.

名詞

cavel (複数形 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.