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Webster 1913 Edition

Kevel

Kev′el

,
Noun.
[Prov. E.
kevil
,
cavel
, rod, pole, a large hammer, horse’s bit; cf. Icel.
kefli
cylinder, a stick, mangle, and Dan.
kievle
a roller.]
1.
(Naut.)
A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed.
2.
A stone mason's hammer.
[Written also
cavil
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Kevel

KEV'EL

,
Noun.
In ships, a piece of timber serving to belay the sheets or great ropes by which the bottoms of the fore-sail and main-sail are extended.

Definition 2024

kevel

kevel

English

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 […]

Etymology

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”).

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