chavel

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English chavel (also chawl, jawle, jawe), 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 === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃævəl/ === Noun === chavel (plural chavels) (obsolete) The jaw, especially of an animal. ==== Derived terms ==== chavel-bone === Verb === chavel (third-person singular simple present chavels, present participle chavelling, simple past and past participle chavelled) (transitive, UK, dialectal) To chew. === Anagrams === cheval == Middle English == === Alternative forms === chevel, chaule, chawel, chavyl, chawil, chawyl, chavalle, chaul, chewil, chawle, chawl 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 or chaules or choules) jaw oral cavity, pharynx, throat jabber, gossip ==== Derived terms ==== chavelen jolle ==== Related terms ==== jollen ==== Descendants ==== English: jowl, chavel Scots: chowl, chow, chew Yola: choule ==== References ==== “chā̆vel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Romansh == === Alternative forms === tgavel chavè cavegl === Etymology === From Latin capillus. === Noun === chavel m (plural chavels) (single strand of) hair