kevel

English

Etymology 1

From English dialect kevil, cavel (“rod, pole, a large hammer, horse's bit”). Compare Icelandic kefli (“cylinder, a stick, mangle”), and Danish kievle (“a roller”).

Noun

kevel (plural kevels)

  1. (nautical) A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed.
  2. A stonemason's hammer.

Etymology 2

Noun

kevel (plural kevels)

  1. A gazelle.
    • 1827, Conrad Malte-Brun, A system of universal geography
      […] the pasan is the most frequent, then the corinne, which differs very little from the kevel, and the proper gazelle […]
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