kevel
cavel
\ˈkav-\Definition of kevel
-s
: a strong timber, bollard, or cleat (as a cross timber in a bollard or a timber bolted across two stanchions)
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Origin and Etymology of kevel
Middle English kevile pin, hasp, peg, from Old North French keville, from Latin clavicula small key — more at clavicle
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Origin and Etymology of kevel
of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse kefli stick of wood, kafli cut-off piece, Norwegian kavle, kjevle piece of wood, roller; akin to Old Frisian kavelia to cast lots, Middle Dutch kavele piece of wood for casting lots, Lithuanian žabas branch, bunch of twigs
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Definition of kevel
-s
: a hammer for roughly shaping or breaking stone
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Origin and Etymology of kevel
Middle English kevell
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