cavel

/ (ˈkeɪvəl) /


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

Origin of cavel

1
C19: from English dialect cavel to cast lots, apportion

Words Nearby cavel

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How to use cavel in a sentence

  • Belay: To make a rope fast to a pin or cavel, without hitching or seizing.

  • The fore-trysail was bent to some of the mast-hoops, and the sheet fastened to a cavel on the port side.

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