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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
Noun
chavel (plural chavels)
- (obsolete) The jaw, especially of an animal.
Derived terms
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.
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
- chevel, chaule, chawel, chavyl, chawil, chawyl, chavalle, chaul, chewil
- chefle, chafle (Early Middle English)
- jawe, jawle (influenced by the syn. joue)
Etymology
From Old English ċeafl, from Proto-West Germanic *kafl, from Proto-Germanic *kaflaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaːvəl/, /ˈt͡ʃavəl/
Noun
chavel (plural chaveles)
- jaw
Descendants
References
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin capillus.
Noun
chavel m (plural chavels)
- (single strand of) hair