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chavel

chavel

See also: čhavêl

English

Noun

chavel ‎(plural chavels)

  1. (obsolete) The jaw, especially, the jaw of a beast.

Verb

chavel ‎(third-person singular simple present chavels, present participle chaveling, simple past and past participle chaveled)

  1. (transitive, dialectal) To chew.

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • tgavel
  • chavè
  • cavegl

Etymology

From Latin capillus.

Noun

chavel m (plural chavels)

  1. (single strand of) hair

Etymology

From Middle English chavel, from Old English ċeafl ‎(“a bill, beak, snout, jaw, jaw-bone, cheek, cheek-bone”), from Proto-Germanic *kaflaz, *keflaz, *kefraz ‎(“jaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵēbh-, *gēbh- ‎(“jaw, gills”). Cognate with Middle Low German kavel ‎(“jaw, gums, palate”), Dutch kevels ‎(“jawbones, toothless jaws”), Middle High German kivel, kivele, kiuwel ‎(“jaw”). More at jowl.

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