chavel
See also: čhavêl
English
Etymology
From Middle English chavel, from Old English ċeafl (“a bill, beak, snout, jaw, jaw-bone, cheek, cheek-bone”), from Proto-West Germanic *kafl, from Proto-Germanic *kaflaz (“jaw”). Doublet of jowl; see there for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃævəl/
Noun
chavel (plural chavels)
- (obsolete) The jaw, especially of an animal.
Verb
chavel (third-person singular simple present chavels, present participle chavelling, simple past and past participle chavelled)
- (transitive, UK, dialectal) To chew.
- 1911, D. H. Lawrence, The White Peacock
- The bracken lay sere under the trees, broken and chavelled by the restless wild winds of the long winter.
- 1911, D. H. Lawrence, The White Peacock
Anagrams
- cheval
Middle English
Alternative forms
- chevel, chaule
- chefle, chafle (early)
- jawvel, jawle (influenced by joue)
Etymology
From Old English ċeafl, from Proto-West Germanic *kafl, from Proto-Germanic *kaflaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaːvəl/, /ˈt͡ʃavəl/
Noun
chavel (plural chaveles)
- a jaw
Descendants
- English: jowl, chavel
- Scots: choll, chowl, choul
- Yola: choule
References
- “chā̆vel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Romansch
Alternative forms
- tgavel
- chavè
- cavegl
Etymology
From Latin capillus.
Noun
chavel m (plural chavels)
- (single strand of) hair