British Dictionary definitions for cavel

cavel

noun

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

Word Origin

C19: from English dialect cavel to cast lots, apportion

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Examples from the Web for cavel

Historical Examples

The fore-trysail was bent to some of the mast-hoops, and the sheet fastened to a cavel on the port side.
At Aboukir and Acre
George Alfred Henty
Belay: To make a rope fast to a pin or cavel, without hitching or seizing.
The Sportswoman's Library, v. 2
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cavel

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for cavel

Historical Examples

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

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