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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