chavel

/ˈt͡ʃævəl/

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.

chavel means The jaw, especially of an animal. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

The jaw, especially of an animal.

verb

To chew.“The bracken lay sere under the trees, broken and chavelled by the restless wild winds of the long winter.”