cavel

British  

/ ˈkeɪvəl /

noun

1. a drawing of lots among miners for an easy and profitable place at the coalface

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Etymology

Origin of cavel

C19: from English dialect cavel to cast lots, apportion

Example Sentences

At the time of the Cavel West arson, Dibee was 29.

From Seattle Times

After months of planning, on July 21, 1997, the Elves gathered in the Oregon desert several miles from the Cavel West Horse Rendering Plant.

From New York Times

The letter — which appeared to have been written with deliberate sloppiness — denounced the Cavel West plant’s role in horse slaughter and claimed its destruction was the work of a new group of radical environmentalists.

From New York Times

Jean-Pierre de Cavel, a French expert who conducted safety training at the WIV in 2010, said the Chinese researchers hoped to use the new lab to study highly infectious diseases such as Ebola, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and smallpox.

From Washington Post

Dibee is accused of helping to destroy the Cavel West Inc. meatpacking plant in Redmond, Oregon, on July 1, 1997, and destroying a Bonneville Power Administration tower near Bend on Dec. 30, 1999, though his attorney said Dibee didn’t play a role in the tower vandalism and called that charge “bogus.”

From Seattle Times