chavel

Meanings

Noun

  • The jaw, especially of an animal.

Verb

Origin

  • From Middle English chavel, from Old English ċeafl, from Proto-West Germanic *kafl, from Proto-Germanic *kaflaz. jowl; see there for more.

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