kevel

Etymology

From English dialect kevil, cavel (“rod, pole, a large hammer”), from Middle English kevel, *kavel (“a large stonemason's hammer”), from Old Norse kefli, kafli n (“a cylinder, stick, piece of wood”) and Old Norse kefli, kafli m (“a piece cut off, buoy, piece”). Compare Icelandic kefli (“cylinder, a stick, mangle”), and Danish kievle (“a roller”).

kevel means A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

noun

A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed.
A stonemason's hammer.
A gazelle.“[…] the pasan is the most frequent, then the corinne, which differs very little from the kevel, and the proper gazelle […]”